Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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.

$46.07 with Aetna vs $1,692.23 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $46.07
Aetna NewBusiness $63.45
Aetna COMM $67.58
Aetna Meritain $67.58
Aetna OON $79.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $118.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $118.46
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $118.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $118.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $118.46
Cigna LocalPlus $130.40
Cigna NewBusiness $130.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $145.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $145.64
Cigna HMO $145.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United SmallGroup $149.16
Cigna AllOther $184.33
BCBS BluePremier $222.43
Cigna IFP $228.45
Cigna QHP $236.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13
Humana COMM $312.96
United OptionsPPO $316.45
Oscar HIX $351.98
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $354.45
BCBS BlueEssentials $354.45
BCBS EPOSOA $371.66
BCBS PPO $388.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $414.60
Evry Health COMM $436.60
Unicare CHIP $439.98
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $571.97
City of McKinney COMM $592.28
BCBS Traditional $751.35
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $761.50
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $846.12
Aetna ASA $891.81
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $930.73
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $930.73
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $930.73
Aetna WCOMP $930.73
Averde Health, Inc PPO $981.49
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,015.34
Magellan BH Summit $1,015.34
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,015.34
Humana BHCOMM $1,099.95
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,184.56
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,184.56
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,184.56
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,230.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,269.17
USA Managed Care COMM $1,353.78
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,353.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,353.78
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,353.78
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,438.40
Unicare MCD $1,692.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,692.23
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,692.23
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $128.09 $552.48 – $552.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $158.27 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $149.06 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $158.27 $12.00 – $423.12

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