Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$8.93 with Superior Health Plan vs $127.52 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.

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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 $8.93
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $8.93
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.93
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $8.93
Cigna IFP $17.22
Aetna QHPHIX $17.22
Cigna QHP $17.85
United OptionsPPO $23.85
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $24.23
Aetna NewBusiness $25.38
Oscar HIX $26.52
Aetna Meritain $27.16
Aetna COMM $27.16
Humana COMM $27.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $31.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $31.50
Aetna OON $32.01
Evry Health COMM $32.90
Unicare CHIP $33.16
Cigna NewBusiness $33.67
Cigna LocalPlus $33.67
BCBS BluePremier $37.24
Cigna NetworkBenefit $37.62
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.62
Cigna HMO $37.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $40.68
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $40.68
BCBS EPOSOA $42.72
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $43.10
BCBS PPO $44.63
City of McKinney COMM $44.63
Cigna AllOther $47.56
Curative Administrators COMM $51.01
BCBS Traditional $56.62
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $57.38
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $63.76
Aetna ASA $67.20
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $70.14
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $70.14
Aetna WCOMP $70.14
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $70.14
Averde Health, Inc PPO $73.96
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $76.51
Magellan BH Pinnacle $76.51
Magellan BH Summit $76.51
Humana BHCOMM $82.89
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $89.26
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $89.26
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $89.26
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $92.71
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $95.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $102.02
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $102.02
USA Managed Care COMM $102.02
ComPsych Corporation COMM $102.02
Galaxy Health Network PPO $108.39
Unicare MCD $127.52
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $127.52
Independent Medical Systems COMM $127.52

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $431.10 $2.14 – $12.32
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69

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