Inj, acetaminophen (b braun) 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.

$0.05 with Humana vs $23.81 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Humana Tricare $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.08
United SmallGroup $0.08
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.21
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.30
Cigna NewBusiness $0.30
Cigna LocalPlus $0.30
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.30
BCBS EPOSOA $0.32
BCBS PPO $0.33
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.34
Cigna HMO $0.34
BCBS BluePremier $0.39
Cigna AllOther $0.43
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.67
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.67
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.67
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.67
Aetna QHPHIX $3.21
Cigna IFP $3.21
Cigna QHP $3.33
United OptionsPPO $4.45
Aetna NewBusiness $4.74
Aetna Meritain $5.07
Aetna COMM $5.07
Aetna OON $5.98
Unicare CHIP $6.19
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8.05
City of McKinney COMM $8.33
BCBS Traditional $10.57
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $11.90
Aetna ASA $12.55
Aetna WCOMP $13.10
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $13.10
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $13.10
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $13.10
Averde Health, Inc PPO $13.81
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $14.29
Magellan BH Pinnacle $14.29
Magellan BH Summit $14.29
Humana BHCOMM $15.48
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $16.67
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $16.67
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $17.31
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $17.86
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $19.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $19.05
USA Managed Care COMM $19.05
Galaxy Health Network PPO $20.24
Unicare MCD $23.81
Independent Medical Systems COMM $23.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $23.81

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Inj, acetaminophen (b braun) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $96.52 $0.23 – $0.23
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $41.17 $0.05 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $33.31 $0.05 – $0.12
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $69.30 $0.17 – $0.23
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $72.52 $0.05 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $75.41 $0.05 – $0.12
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $63.48 $0.17 – $0.23
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $64.21 $0.10 – $0.12

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