Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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.

$21.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $313.99 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $21.98
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $21.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.98
BCBS BluePremier $32.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $37.65
Cigna IFP $42.39
Aetna QHPHIX $42.39
Cigna QHP $43.96
United OptionsPPO $58.72
Aetna NewBusiness $62.48
Oscar HIX $65.31
BCBS BlueEssentials $66.67
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $66.67
Aetna Meritain $66.88
Aetna COMM $66.88
BCBS EPOSOA $69.96
BCBS PPO $73.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $76.93
Aetna OON $78.81
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94
United SmallGroup $78.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94
Evry Health COMM $81.01
Unicare CHIP $81.64
Cigna LocalPlus $82.89
Cigna NewBusiness $82.89
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.63
Cigna HMO $92.63
Humana COMM $95.29
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $106.13
City of McKinney COMM $109.90
Cigna AllOther $117.12
Curative Administrators COMM $125.60
BCBS Traditional $139.41
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $141.30
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $157.00
Aetna ASA $165.47
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $172.69
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $172.69
Aetna WCOMP $172.69
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $172.69
Averde Health, Inc PPO $182.11
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $188.39
Magellan BH Pinnacle $188.39
Magellan BH Summit $188.39
Humana BHCOMM $204.09
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $219.79
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $219.79
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $219.79
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $228.27
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $235.49
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $251.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $251.19
ComPsych Corporation COMM $251.19
USA Managed Care COMM $251.19
Galaxy Health Network PPO $266.89
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $313.99
Independent Medical Systems COMM $313.99
Unicare MCD $313.99

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $190.67 $40.80 – $238.34
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.67 $32.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.22 $44.69 – $300.33

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