ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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.

$51.36 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $1,118.00 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
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $51.36
Humana MGMCD $64.20
Aetna Better Health MCD $77.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.04
Cigna IFP $106.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $110.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $110.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $110.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $110.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $110.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $110.12
Cigna QHP $110.13
Molina CHIP $140.00
Molina MCDSTAR $140.00
Molina STARKIDS $140.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $140.00
United OptionsPPO $147.10
Aetna QHPHIX $155.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $200.00
Unicare CHIP $204.52
Aetna NewBusiness $213.00
Aetna Meritain $227.00
Aetna COMM $227.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $265.88
Aetna OON $268.00
City of McKinney COMM $275.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $295.00
Oscar HIX $300.00
BCBS BluePremier $314.00
BCBS Traditional $349.26
Evry Health COMM $362.00
Amerigroup CHIP $363.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $368.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $393.31
United SmallGroup $394.00
Aetna ASA $414.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $424.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $424.00
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $432.64
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $432.64
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $432.64
Aetna WCOMP $432.64
Averde Health, Inc PPO $456.24
Magellan BH Summit $471.97
Magellan BH Pinnacle $471.97
Humana BHCOMM $511.30
United AllPayerAppendix $525.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $546.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $546.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $550.63
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $550.63
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $571.87
BCBS EPOSOA $574.00
Curative Administrators COMM $575.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $589.97
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $599.00
BCBS PPO $600.00
USA Managed Care COMM $629.30
ComPsych Corporation COMM $629.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $629.30
Humana COMM $634.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $668.63
Unicare MCD $786.62
Independent Medical Systems COMM $786.62
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $786.62
Cigna LocalPlus $791.00
Cigna NewBusiness $792.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $884.00
Cigna HMO $884.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $884.00
Cigna AllOther $1,118.00
United STARKids not published by hospital
United STAR not published by hospital
United STARPLUS not published by hospital
United CHIP not published by hospital
United STARPerinate not published by hospital
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $286.94 $80.47 – $600.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $286.94 $61.40 – $600.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $409.49 $268.04 – $268.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $286.94 $80.47 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $312.33 $64.29 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $333.31 $66.66 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $286.94 $76.52 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $312.33 $80.47 – $859.00

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