Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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.

$112.34 with United vs $6,135.68 with Unicare — 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
United STARPerinate $112.34
United CHIP $112.34
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $112.34
United STAR $112.34
United STARKids $112.34
United STARPLUS $112.34
Amerigroup CHIP $117.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $117.96
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $117.96
Molina STARKIDS $123.57
Molina MCDSTAR $123.57
Molina CHIP $123.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $123.57
Aetna Better Health MCD $134.81
Aetna Better Health CHIP $134.81
Humana MGMCD $140.43
Humana COMM $295.02
WellMed MGMCR $451.00
BCBS BluePremier $483.57
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $818.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $818.08
Cigna IFP $828.32
Cigna QHP $859.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $974.42
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $974.42
BCBS EPOSOA $1,025.32
BCBS PPO $1,072.59
United OptionsPPO $1,147.37
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
United SmallGroup $1,580.00
Unicare CHIP $1,595.28
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,000.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,073.86
City of McKinney COMM $2,147.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,152.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
BCBS Traditional $2,724.24
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,067.84
Aetna ASA $3,233.50
Aetna WCOMP $3,374.62
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,374.62
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,374.62
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,374.62
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,558.69
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $3,681.41
Magellan BH Pinnacle $3,681.41
Magellan BH Summit $3,681.41
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Humana BHCOMM $3,988.19
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,294.98
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,294.98
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,294.98
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4,460.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,601.76
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $4,908.54
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,908.54
ComPsych Corporation COMM $4,908.54
USA Managed Care COMM $4,908.54
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,215.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,135.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,135.68
Unicare MCD $6,135.68

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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $423.76 $111.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $423.76 $111.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $423.76 $111.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.24 $80.32 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $404.41 $85.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $423.76 $111.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $390.24 $85.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $390.24 $112.34 – $987.04

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