Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution 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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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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Gross charge

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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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$1.21 with Humana vs $31.26 with National Healthcare Solutions — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $1.21
United SmallGroup $2.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.16
United AllPayerAppendix $2.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.19
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.19
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.19
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.19
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.19
Cigna IFP $4.22
Aetna QHPHIX $4.22
Cigna QHP $4.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.80
United OptionsPPO $5.85
Aetna NewBusiness $6.22
Aetna Meritain $6.66
Aetna COMM $6.66
Humana COMM $7.73
Aetna OON $7.85
Unicare CHIP $8.13
Cigna LocalPlus $8.23
Cigna NewBusiness $8.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.48
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.48
BCBS EPOSOA $8.90
Cigna HMO $9.19
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9.19
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9.19
BCBS PPO $9.32
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $10.57
City of McKinney COMM $10.94
BCBS BluePremier $11.00
Cigna AllOther $11.63
BCBS Traditional $13.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $15.63
Aetna ASA $16.47
Aetna WCOMP $17.19
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $17.19
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $17.19
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $17.19
Averde Health, Inc PPO $18.13
Magellan BH Summit $18.76
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $18.76
Magellan BH Pinnacle $18.76
Humana BHCOMM $20.32
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $21.88
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $21.88
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $22.73
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $23.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $25.01
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $25.01
USA Managed Care COMM $25.01
Galaxy Health Network PPO $26.57
Unicare MCD $31.26
Independent Medical Systems COMM $31.26
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $31.26

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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $28.80 $1.27 – $6.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $28.80 $0.96 – $6.38
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $137.39 $6.47 – $6.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $28.80 $1.27 – $6.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $28.80 $0.93 – $6.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $28.80 $0.90 – $5.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $28.80 $1.20 – $6.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $28.80 $1.41 – $6.75

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