Homogenization tissue 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

$214.51

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.

$214.51

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.

$4.94 with United vs $214.51 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 STAR $4.94 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.94 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.94 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.94 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $4.94 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $4.94 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $4.94 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $4.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.34 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $5.43 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.43 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.43 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $5.43 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $5.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.88 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $5.88 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $5.88 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $5.88 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $5.88 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $5.88 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.88 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.88 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $5.88 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.88 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.88 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $5.88 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $5.91 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $5.93 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.00 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $6.06 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $6.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.17 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.17 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $6.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.17 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.17 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $6.18 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.23 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $6.41 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $6.41 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $6.41 ↓ -97%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $6.41 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.47 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.48 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.64 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.82 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.82 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.82 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.82 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $9.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.29 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.29 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.31 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $10.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $10.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $10.98 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.17 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.64 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $12.92 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $13.17 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $13.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.52 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $15.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $15.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.23 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $15.29 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.41 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $15.93 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $24.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $28.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $30.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $31.01 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $40.11 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $52.55 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $55.34 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $55.77 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $65.33 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $72.50 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $75.08 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $95.24 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $96.53 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $107.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $113.05 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $117.98 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $117.98 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $117.98 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $117.98 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $124.42 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $128.71 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $128.71 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $128.71 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $139.43 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $150.16 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $150.16 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $150.16 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $155.95 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $160.88 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $171.61 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $171.61 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $171.61 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $171.61 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $182.33 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $214.51 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $214.51 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $214.51 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Homogenization tissue at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $45.72 $4.94 – $43.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $45.72 $4.94 – $43.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $70.83 $5.29 – $22.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.72 $4.94 – $43.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.72 $7.22 – $52.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $55.96 $4.94 – $43.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.72 $4.94 – $43.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.72 $5.29 – $52.60

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