Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL

4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$5.64

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5.64

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.05 with United vs $5.64 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $0.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $0.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.11 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.12 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.12 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $0.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $0.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.39 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $0.76 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $0.76 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $0.79 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1.05 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1.07 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $1.12 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $1.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $1.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $1.20 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1.38 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $1.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1.46 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $1.47 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $1.65 ↓ -71%
Humana COMM $1.75 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.91 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $1.97 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2.26 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2.50 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2.54 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2.97 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3.10 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3.10 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3.10 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3.27 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $3.38 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $3.38 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $3.38 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $3.67 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3.95 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.95 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.95 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4.10 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4.23 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $4.51 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4.51 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4.51 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $4.51 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4.79 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.64 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5.64 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5.64 ↑ +0%

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Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $0.16 $0.04 – $0.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $0.16 $0.03 – $0.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $0.16 $0.04 – $0.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $0.16 $0.03 – $0.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $0.16 $0.03 – $0.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $0.16 $0.04 – $0.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $0.16 $0.05 – $0.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $0.16 $0.08 – $0.23

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