Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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.

$2.83 with Superior Health Plan vs $181.30 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.83
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.83
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.83
Cigna IFP $5.46
Aetna QHPHIX $5.46
Cigna QHP $5.66
United OptionsPPO $7.57
Aetna NewBusiness $8.05
Aetna Meritain $8.62
Aetna COMM $8.62
Aetna OON $10.16
Unicare CHIP $10.52
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $13.68
City of McKinney COMM $14.16
BCBS Traditional $17.96
Humana Tricare $19.96
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $20.23
Aetna ASA $21.32
Aetna WCOMP $22.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $22.25
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $22.25
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $22.25
Averde Health, Inc PPO $23.47
Magellan BH Pinnacle $24.28
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $24.28
Magellan BH Summit $24.28
Humana BHCOMM $26.30
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $28.32
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $28.32
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $29.41
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $30.34
USA Managed Care COMM $32.37
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $32.37
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $32.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.29
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $34.29
Galaxy Health Network PPO $34.39
United SmallGroup $36.40
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $36.40
United AllPayerAppendix $36.40
Independent Medical Systems COMM $40.46
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $40.46
Unicare MCD $40.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $50.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $50.20
BCBS EPOSOA $52.68
BCBS PPO $55.17
BCBS BluePremier $65.11
Humana COMM $93.36
Cigna LocalPlus $128.28
Cigna NewBusiness $128.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $143.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $143.31
Cigna HMO $143.31
Cigna AllOther $181.30

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $428.14 $7.29 – $36.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $428.14 $5.51 – $36.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $428.14 $7.29 – $36.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $428.14 $5.30 – $38.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $428.14 $5.15 – $32.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $428.14 $6.86 – $36.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $428.14 $8.26 – $38.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $428.14 $13.30 – $38.61

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