Convert nephrostomy catheter 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.

$652.80 with United vs $10,853.00 with Cigna — 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 CHIP $652.80
United STARPerinate $652.80
United STARPLUS $652.80
United STARKids $652.80
United STAR $652.80
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $652.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $685.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $685.44
Amerigroup CHIP $685.44
Cigna IFP $704.50
Molina CHIP $718.08
Molina MCDSTAR $718.08
Molina STARKIDS $718.08
Molina STAR+PLUS $718.08
Cigna QHP $730.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $783.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $783.36
Humana MGMCD $816.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
United OptionsPPO $975.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,266.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
Unicare CHIP $1,356.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,562.00
United SmallGroup $1,676.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,763.85
City of McKinney COMM $1,826.47
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
WellMed MGMCR $2,110.41
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
BCBS Traditional $2,317.01
BCBS BluePremier $2,356.16
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,609.24
Aetna ASA $2,750.14
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,870.17
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,870.17
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,870.17
Aetna WCOMP $2,870.17
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,026.72
Magellan BH Pinnacle $3,131.09
Magellan BH Summit $3,131.09
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $3,131.09
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Humana BHCOMM $3,392.02
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,652.94
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,652.94
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,652.94
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3,793.84
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,913.87
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,985.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,985.99
ComPsych Corporation COMM $4,174.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,174.79
USA Managed Care COMM $4,174.79
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $4,174.79
Humana COMM $4,321.55
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,435.72
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,747.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,747.75
BCBS EPOSOA $4,995.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,218.49
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,218.49
Unicare MCD $5,218.49
BCBS PPO $5,226.07
Cigna LocalPlus $7,679.00
Cigna NewBusiness $7,687.00
Cigna HMO $8,580.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8,580.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8,580.00
Cigna AllOther $10,853.00

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Convert nephrostomy catheter at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $4,267.48 $652.80 – $6,093.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $4,267.48 $652.80 – $6,093.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,267.48 $652.80 – $6,093.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,732.69 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,230.89 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,267.48 $652.80 – $6,093.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,732.69 $85.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,732.69 $652.80 – $5,045.72

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