Intro long gi tube 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.

$140.43 with Humana vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 COMM $140.43
United CHIP $334.95
United STARPerinate $334.95
United STARPLUS $334.95
United STARKids $334.95
United STAR $334.95
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $334.95
Amerigroup CHIP $351.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $351.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $351.70
Molina STAR+PLUS $368.44
Molina MCDSTAR $368.44
Molina STARKIDS $368.44
Molina CHIP $368.44
Aetna Better Health CHIP $401.94
Aetna Better Health MCD $401.94
Humana MGMCD $418.69
Cigna IFP $422.70
Cigna QHP $438.35
United OptionsPPO $585.52
Unicare CHIP $814.09
WellMed MGMCR $915.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
BCBS BluePremier $1,045.27
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,058.31
City of McKinney COMM $1,095.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,266.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
BCBS Traditional $1,390.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,565.55
Aetna ASA $1,650.09
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,722.11
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,722.11
Aetna WCOMP $1,722.11
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,722.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,768.32
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,768.32
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,816.04
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,878.66
Magellan BH Summit $1,878.66
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,878.66
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,993.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Humana BHCOMM $2,035.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,106.27
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,106.27
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,191.77
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,191.77
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,191.77
BCBS EPOSOA $2,216.29
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,276.31
BCBS PPO $2,318.46
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,348.32
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,504.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,504.88
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,504.88
USA Managed Care COMM $2,504.88
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,661.43
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
United SmallGroup $2,924.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,131.10
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,131.10
Unicare MCD $3,131.10
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
United AllPayerAppendix $4,120.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Intro long gi tube at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,036.00 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,036.00 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,036.00 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $865.47 $178.14 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $930.31 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,036.00 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $865.47 $358.40 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $865.47 $334.95 – $2,245.59

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