Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$11,904.50

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.

$11,904.50

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.

$218.53 with United vs $11,904.50 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
United STAR $218.53 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $218.53 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $218.53 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $218.53 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $218.53 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $218.53 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $218.53 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $218.53 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $229.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $230.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $236.01 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $236.01 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $240.38 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $240.38 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $240.38 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $240.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $253.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $253.52 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $273.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $296.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $406.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $435.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $435.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $510.77 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $752.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $752.83 ↓ -94%
Humana COMM $781.30 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $789.60 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $826.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $833.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $833.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $833.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $833.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $833.32 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $1,607.11 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,666.63 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2,226.14 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,916.60 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $3,071.36 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $3,095.17 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,023.72 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $4,166.57 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,761.80 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $5,285.60 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,357.02 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,952.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $6,273.67 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,547.48 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $6,547.48 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,547.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,547.48 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,904.61 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $7,142.70 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $7,142.70 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $7,142.70 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $7,737.93 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,333.15 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,333.15 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,333.15 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8,654.57 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,928.38 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $9,523.60 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $9,523.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,523.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $9,523.60 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,118.83 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11,904.50 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,904.50 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $11,904.50 ↑ +0%

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