Insert tunneled cv cath 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 $25,690.80 with Unicare — 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 STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3,447.11
United CHIP $3,447.11
United STARPerinate $3,447.11
United STARKids $3,447.11
United STAR $3,447.11
United STARPLUS $3,447.11
Cigna IFP $3,468.26
Cigna QHP $3,596.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $3,619.47
Amerigroup CHIP $3,619.47
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3,619.47
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Molina CHIP $3,791.82
Molina STAR+PLUS $3,791.82
Molina STARKIDS $3,791.82
Molina MCDSTAR $3,791.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $4,136.53
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4,136.53
Humana MGMCD $4,308.89
Aetna OON $4,332.00
United OptionsPPO $4,804.18
WellMed MGMCR $5,617.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,694.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,939.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $6,014.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
BCBS BluePremier $6,112.93
Unicare CHIP $6,679.61
Cigna LocalPlus $7,679.00
Cigna NewBusiness $7,687.00
United SmallGroup $8,007.00
Cigna HMO $8,580.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8,580.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8,580.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8,683.49
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
City of McKinney COMM $8,991.78
Humana COMM $9,302.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,341.43
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10,341.43
Cigna AllOther $10,853.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11,220.00
BCBS Traditional $11,406.72
BCBS BlueEssentials $12,317.79
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12,317.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $12,845.40
Oscar HIX $12,897.00
BCBS EPOSOA $12,961.26
Aetna ASA $13,539.05
BCBS PPO $13,558.76
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $14,129.94
Aetna WCOMP $14,129.94
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $14,129.94
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $14,129.94
Averde Health, Inc PPO $14,900.66
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $15,414.48
Magellan BH Pinnacle $15,414.48
Magellan BH Summit $15,414.48
Humana BHCOMM $16,699.02
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $17,983.56
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $17,983.56
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $18,677.21
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $19,268.10
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $20,552.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $20,552.64
ComPsych Corporation COMM $20,552.64
USA Managed Care COMM $20,552.64
Galaxy Health Network PPO $21,837.18
Independent Medical Systems COMM $25,690.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $25,690.80
Unicare MCD $25,690.80

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