Drain cath image guided visceral pq 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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $14,800.00 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

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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Cigna IFP $1,240.77
Cigna QHP $1,286.72
WellMed MGMCR $1,667.42
United OptionsPPO $1,718.69
BCBS BluePremier $1,825.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,993.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,214.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Unicare CHIP $2,389.63
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
United SmallGroup $2,924.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,088.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,088.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,106.51
City of McKinney COMM $3,216.80
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,678.57
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,678.57
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,870.73
BCBS PPO $4,049.17
BCBS Traditional $4,080.75
United AllPayerAppendix $4,120.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,595.44
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
Aetna ASA $4,843.59
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,054.98
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,054.98
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,054.98
Aetna WCOMP $5,054.98
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,330.70
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $5,514.52
Magellan BH Pinnacle $5,514.52
Magellan BH Summit $5,514.52
Humana BHCOMM $5,974.07
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,433.61
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $6,433.61
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,433.61
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $6,681.76
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,893.15
Humana COMM $7,113.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,352.70
USA Managed Care COMM $7,352.70
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $7,352.70
ComPsych Corporation COMM $7,352.70
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,812.24
Unicare MCD $9,190.87
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,190.87
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9,190.87
Cigna LocalPlus $10,472.00
Cigna NewBusiness $10,482.00
Cigna HMO $11,700.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,700.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $11,700.00
Cigna AllOther $14,800.00

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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,839.24 $804.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,839.24 $607.60 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,839.24 $804.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,620.54 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,550.61 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,839.24 $757.13 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,620.54 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,620.54 $1,353.94 – $4,016.35

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