Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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.

$0.07 with BCBS vs $9.01 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.07
Humana Tricare $0.09
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.10
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.10
BCBS EPOSOA $0.11
BCBS PPO $0.11
BCBS BluePremier $0.13
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.18
United AllPayerAppendix $0.18
United SmallGroup $0.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.63
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.63
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.63
Cigna NewBusiness $0.73
Cigna LocalPlus $0.73
Humana COMM $0.79
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.81
Cigna HMO $0.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.81
Cigna AllOther $1.03
Aetna QHPHIX $1.22
Cigna IFP $1.22
Cigna QHP $1.26
United OptionsPPO $1.68
Aetna NewBusiness $1.79
Aetna Meritain $1.92
Aetna COMM $1.92
Aetna OON $2.26
Unicare CHIP $2.34
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.05
City of McKinney COMM $3.15
BCBS Traditional $4.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4.50
Aetna ASA $4.75
Aetna WCOMP $4.96
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4.96
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4.96
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4.96
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5.23
Magellan BH Summit $5.41
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $5.41
Magellan BH Pinnacle $5.41
Humana BHCOMM $5.86
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6.31
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6.31
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $6.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.21
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $7.21
USA Managed Care COMM $7.21
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7.66
Unicare MCD $9.01
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9.01
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.01

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Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $27.00 $0.12 – $9.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $27.00 $0.12 – $9.95
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $40.07 $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.00 $0.12 – $9.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $27.00 $0.12 – $10.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $27.00 $0.12 – $8.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27.00 $0.12 – $9.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $27.00 $0.12 – $10.53

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