Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection 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

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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.

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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.

$0.48 with Humana vs $16.57 with BCBS — 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
Humana Tricare $0.48
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.67
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.67
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.67
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.67
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.76
United SmallGroup $0.76
United AllPayerAppendix $0.76
Cigna IFP $1.29
Aetna QHPHIX $1.29
Cigna QHP $1.34
United OptionsPPO $1.79
Aetna NewBusiness $1.90
Aetna Meritain $2.04
Aetna COMM $2.04
Aetna OON $2.40
Unicare CHIP $2.49
Cigna LocalPlus $2.90
Cigna NewBusiness $2.91
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.23
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3.24
Cigna HMO $3.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.24
City of McKinney COMM $3.35
Cigna AllOther $4.10
Humana COMM $4.22
BCBS Traditional $4.24
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4.78
Aetna ASA $5.04
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5.26
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5.26
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5.26
Aetna WCOMP $5.26
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5.54
Magellan BH Pinnacle $5.74
Magellan BH Summit $5.74
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $5.74
Humana BHCOMM $6.21
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6.69
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6.69
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $6.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7.17
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $7.65
USA Managed Care COMM $7.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.65
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.73
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.73
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9.56
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.56
Unicare MCD $9.56
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.78
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.78
BCBS EPOSOA $13.41
BCBS PPO $14.04
BCBS BluePremier $16.57

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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $103.80 $0.47 – $8.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $103.80 $0.47 – $8.13
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.29 $9.74 – $9.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $103.80 $0.47 – $8.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $103.80 $0.47 – $8.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $103.80 $0.47 – $7.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $103.80 $0.47 – $8.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $103.80 $0.47 – $8.61

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