Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$11.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $428.05 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.39
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $11.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $11.39
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.39
Cigna IFP $21.96
Aetna QHPHIX $21.96
Cigna QHP $22.77
United OptionsPPO $30.42
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $30.90
Aetna NewBusiness $32.37
Aetna Meritain $34.64
Aetna COMM $34.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $39.85
Aetna OON $40.83
Evry Health COMM $41.96
Unicare CHIP $42.29
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $54.98
City of McKinney COMM $56.93
Curative Administrators COMM $65.06
BCBS Traditional $72.22
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $73.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $81.33
Aetna ASA $85.72
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $89.46
Aetna WCOMP $89.46
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $89.46
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $89.46
Averde Health, Inc PPO $94.34
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $97.59
Magellan BH Pinnacle $97.59
Magellan BH Summit $97.59
Cigna LocalPlus $98.62
Cigna NewBusiness $98.62
Humana BHCOMM $105.72
Cigna HMO $110.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $110.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $110.20
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $113.86
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $113.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $113.86
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $118.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $121.99
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $130.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $130.12
ComPsych Corporation COMM $130.12
USA Managed Care COMM $130.12
Galaxy Health Network PPO $138.25
Cigna AllOther $139.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $162.65
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $162.65
Unicare MCD $162.65
Humana COMM $198.09
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $220.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $220.03
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $389.65
BCBS BlueEssentials $389.65
BCBS EPOSOA $408.85
BCBS PPO $428.05

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $439.04 $308.04 – $308.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $168.70 $82.00 – $482.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $148.58 $22.68 – $160.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $83.39 $73.75 – $442.48
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $168.70 $74.00 – $482.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $168.70 $74.00 – $482.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $148.58 $77.00 – $245.98
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $168.70 $74.00 – $482.00

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