Lev 3 hosp type b ed visit at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
$2,956.04
Cash price 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.
$2,956.04
Gross charge 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.
$51.36 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $2,956.04 with Independent Medical Systems — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $53.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $55.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $55.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $56.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $56.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $56.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $56.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $64.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | IFP | $399.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $413.85 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $552.78 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $703.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $724.23 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $730.14 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $730.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $762.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $768.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Oscar | HIX | $855.00 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $863.16 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | COMM | $916.08 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $942.98 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $942.98 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $966.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $990.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $999.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,032.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,032.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,034.61 | ↓ -65% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,034.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,182.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,214.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,312.48 | ↓ -56% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,478.02 | ↓ -50% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,545.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,557.83 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,625.82 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,625.82 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,625.82 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,625.82 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,714.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $1,773.62 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $1,773.62 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $1,921.43 | ↓ -35% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,937.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,069.23 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,069.23 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,069.23 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,149.04 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,217.03 | ↓ -25% |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $2,364.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $2,364.83 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,364.83 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,364.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,512.63 | ↓ -15% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,931.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,956.04 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,956.04 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,956.04 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $2,155.68 | $50.33 – $77.04 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $589.41 | $111.30 – $689.48 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $2,811.64 | $50.59 – $64.20 |
| MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL | LEWISVILLE | $1,749.99 | $50.59 – $64.20 |
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $3,386.92 | $51.36 – $64.20 |
| MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL | Weatherford | $2,235.82 | $51.36 – $64.20 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $639.64 – $639.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $51.36 – $77.04 |