Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$16.37

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.

$16.37

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.

$0.64 with Humana vs $16.37 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
Humana Tricare $0.64 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.15 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.17 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $1.17 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $2.21 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $2.21 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $2.29 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.38 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2.38 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $3.06 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.26 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueEssentials $3.48 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3.48 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $3.49 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $3.49 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $3.66 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $3.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna OON $4.11 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $4.26 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $4.29 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $4.52 ↓ -72%
Cigna NewBusiness $5.45 ↓ -67%
Cigna LocalPlus $5.45 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5.53 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $5.73 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $6.08 ↓ -63%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6.08 ↓ -63%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.08 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $7.27 ↓ -56%
Cigna AllOther $7.70 ↓ -53%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $8.19 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $8.63 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $9.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $9.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $9.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $9.00 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $9.49 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $9.82 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $9.82 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $9.82 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $10.64 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $11.46 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $11.46 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $11.90 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $12.28 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $13.10 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $13.10 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $13.10 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $13.91 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $16.37 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $16.37 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $16.37 ↑ +0%

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Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $10.84 $0.76 – $5.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $10.84 $0.76 – $5.98
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $31.58 $2.66 – $2.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $10.84 $0.76 – $5.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10.84 $0.76 – $6.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10.84 $0.76 – $5.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $10.84 $0.76 – $5.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $10.84 $0.76 – $6.33

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