Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.

$0.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $1.44 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 CHIP $0.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.10
Humana Tricare $0.11
Cigna IFP $0.19
Aetna QHPHIX $0.19
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
Cigna QHP $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
United OptionsPPO $0.27
Superior ValueHMO $0.29
Superior HMO $0.29
Superior EPO $0.29
Aetna NewBusiness $0.29
Aetna Meritain $0.31
Aetna COMM $0.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.36
Aetna OON $0.36
Unicare CHIP $0.37
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $0.49
City of McKinney COMM $0.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.53
BCBS Traditional $0.64
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $0.72
Cigna NewBusiness $0.73
Cigna LocalPlus $0.73
Aetna ASA $0.76
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.77
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $0.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $0.79
Aetna WCOMP $0.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $0.79
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.81
Cigna HMO $0.81
BCBS EPOSOA $0.81
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.81
Averde Health, Inc PPO $0.84
BCBS PPO $0.85
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $0.86
Magellan BH Pinnacle $0.86
Magellan BH Summit $0.86
Humana BHCOMM $0.94
BCBS BluePremier $1.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1.01
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1.01
Cigna AllOther $1.03
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1.05
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1.15
USA Managed Care COMM $1.15
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1.15
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1.22
Unicare MCD $1.44
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1.44

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