Inj acetaminophen -fresenius 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

$55.99

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.

$55.99

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 $55.99 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 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.10 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.10 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.10 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.36 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.36 ↓ -99%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HMO $0.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna AllOther $0.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $0.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $0.98 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $3.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $3.92 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna IFP $7.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $7.84 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $10.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.14 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $11.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $11.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna OON $14.05 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $14.56 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $18.92 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $19.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $24.86 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $28.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $29.51 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $30.79 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $30.79 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $30.79 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $30.79 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $32.47 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $33.59 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $33.59 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $33.59 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $36.39 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $39.19 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $39.19 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $40.70 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $41.99 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $44.79 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $44.79 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $44.79 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $47.59 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $55.99 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $55.99 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $55.99 ↑ +0%

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Inj acetaminophen -fresenius at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $34.56 $0.06 – $48.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $34.56 $0.06 – $48.96
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $63.40 $0.58 – $0.58
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $34.56 $0.06 – $48.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $34.56 $0.06 – $51.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34.56 $0.06 – $43.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $34.56 $0.06 – $48.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $34.56 $0.06 – $51.84

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