Exchange drainage catheter 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.

$188.57 with Cigna vs $28,286.00 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
Cigna IFP $188.57
Cigna QHP $195.55
United OptionsPPO $261.21
Unicare CHIP $363.17
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $472.13
City of McKinney COMM $488.89
United STAR $564.97
United CHIP $564.97
United STARPerinate $564.97
United STARKids $564.97
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $564.97
United STARPLUS $564.97
Amerigroup CHIP $593.22
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $593.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $593.22
BCBS Traditional $620.19
Molina MCDSTAR $621.47
Molina CHIP $621.47
Molina STAR+PLUS $621.47
Molina STARKIDS $621.47
Aetna Better Health MCD $677.96
Aetna Better Health CHIP $677.96
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $698.41
Humana MGMCD $706.21
Aetna ASA $736.12
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $768.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $768.25
Aetna WCOMP $768.25
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $768.25
Averde Health, Inc PPO $810.16
Magellan BH Summit $838.09
Magellan BH Pinnacle $838.09
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $838.09
Humana BHCOMM $907.93
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $977.77
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $977.77
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $977.77
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,015.49
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,047.62
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,117.46
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,117.46
USA Managed Care COMM $1,117.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,117.46
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,187.30
Unicare MCD $1,396.82
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,396.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,396.82
WellMed MGMCR $1,937.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,993.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,071.34
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,214.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
United SmallGroup $2,924.00
Humana COMM $3,253.86
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,504.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,504.15
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
United AllPayerAppendix $4,120.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,173.83
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,173.83
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS EPOSOA $4,391.87
BCBS PPO $4,594.33
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
Cigna LocalPlus $20,013.00
Cigna NewBusiness $20,033.00
Cigna HMO $22,360.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22,360.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $22,360.00
Cigna AllOther $28,286.00

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Exchange drainage catheter at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,256.80 $564.97 – $4,713.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,256.80 $564.97 – $4,713.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,256.80 $564.97 – $4,713.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,097.11 $71.00 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,946.91 $71.00 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,256.80 $564.97 – $4,713.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,097.11 $85.00 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,097.11 $564.97 – $4,713.77

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