Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$480.31

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.

$480.31

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.

$33.62 with Superior Health Plan vs $480.31 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 STARKids $33.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $33.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $33.62 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $38.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $51.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $52.88 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $56.32 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $56.32 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $64.84 ↓ -87%
Aetna OON $66.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $67.24 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $82.57 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $82.57 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $86.58 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $89.82 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $90.60 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $99.90 ↓ -79%
Cigna LocalPlus $108.46 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $108.57 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $117.68 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO $121.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $121.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $121.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $123.92 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $124.88 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $148.85 ↓ -69%
Cigna AllOther $153.32 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $162.34 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $168.11 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $213.26 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $216.14 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $240.16 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $253.12 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $264.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $264.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $264.17 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $264.17 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $278.58 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $288.19 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $288.19 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $288.19 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $312.20 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $336.22 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $336.22 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $336.22 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $349.19 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $360.23 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $384.25 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $384.25 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $384.25 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $384.25 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $408.26 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $480.31 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $480.31 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $480.31 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $127.49 $12.00 – $191.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $127.49 $12.00 – $159.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $127.49 $12.00 – $191.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $127.49 $8.00 – $191.23

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