Inj, acetaminophen (hikma) 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

$71.78

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.

$71.78

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.

$0.03 with Humana vs $71.78 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 $0.03 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.08 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.08 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.28 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.28 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.30 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.30 ↓ -100%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.34 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.34 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $0.34 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.42 ↓ -99%
Cigna AllOther $0.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $0.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $0.52 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $9.69 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $9.69 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $10.05 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $13.42 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $15.29 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $15.29 ↓ -79%
Aetna OON $18.02 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $18.66 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $24.26 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $25.12 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $31.87 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $35.89 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $37.83 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $39.48 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $39.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $39.48 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $39.48 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $41.63 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $43.07 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $43.07 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $43.07 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $46.66 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $50.25 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $50.25 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $52.18 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $53.84 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $57.42 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $57.42 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $57.42 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $61.01 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $71.78 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $71.78 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $71.78 ↑ +0%

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Inj, acetaminophen (hikma) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $122.85 $0.31 – $0.31
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $61.77 $0.18 – $0.30
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $56.70 $0.18 – $0.30
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $80.41 $0.14 – $0.16
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen $122.85 $0.31 – $0.31
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline Corpus Christi $48.67 $0.03 – $0.20
MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL North Richland Hills $250.26 $0.03 – $0.30
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Burleson $80.41 $0.14 – $0.16

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