Insert sq defib electrode 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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $344,420.45 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Humana COMM $3,260.94
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6,075.14
United STARKids $6,075.14
United STAR $6,075.14
United CHIP $6,075.14
United STARPerinate $6,075.14
United STARPLUS $6,075.14
Amerigroup CHIP $6,378.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6,378.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $6,378.90
Molina STARKIDS $6,682.65
Molina MCDSTAR $6,682.65
Molina CHIP $6,682.65
Molina STAR+PLUS $6,682.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7,290.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $7,290.17
Humana MGMCD $7,593.93
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
WellMed MGMCR $8,354.67
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,122.00
BCBS BluePremier $10,163.66
Evry Health COMM $10,763.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17,194.16
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $17,194.16
Cigna LocalPlus $20,013.00
Cigna NewBusiness $20,033.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $20,480.16
BCBS BlueEssentials $20,480.16
BCBS EPOSOA $21,550.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22,360.00
Cigna HMO $22,360.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $22,360.00
BCBS PPO $22,543.46
Cigna AllOther $28,286.00
Cigna IFP $46,496.76
Cigna QHP $48,218.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $62,381.00
United OptionsPPO $64,406.62
United SmallGroup $79,684.00
Unicare CHIP $89,549.32
United AllPayerAppendix $109,000.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $116,414.11
City of McKinney COMM $120,547.16
BCBS Traditional $152,922.68
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $172,210.23
Aetna ASA $181,509.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $189,431.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $189,431.25
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $189,431.25
Aetna WCOMP $189,431.25
Averde Health, Inc PPO $199,763.86
Magellan BH Pinnacle $206,652.27
Magellan BH Summit $206,652.27
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $206,652.27
Humana BHCOMM $223,873.29
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $241,094.32
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $241,094.32
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $241,094.32
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $250,393.67
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $258,315.34
ComPsych Corporation COMM $275,536.36
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $275,536.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $275,536.36
USA Managed Care COMM $275,536.36
Galaxy Health Network PPO $292,757.38
Independent Medical Systems COMM $344,420.45
Unicare MCD $344,420.45
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $344,420.45

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $12,133.56 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $12,415.17 $6,500.40 – $21,045.99
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