Metronidazole 500 mg/100 ml in sodium chlor(iso) intravenous piggyback 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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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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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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$0.03 with Humana vs $6.74 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
Humana Tricare $0.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05
United SmallGroup $0.05
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.07
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.10
BCBS EPOSOA $0.11
BCBS PPO $0.11
BCBS BluePremier $0.13
Cigna LocalPlus $0.18
Cigna NewBusiness $0.18
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.20
Cigna HMO $0.20
Cigna AllOther $0.26
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.47
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.47
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.47
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.47
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.47
Aetna QHPHIX $0.91
Cigna IFP $0.91
Cigna QHP $0.94
United OptionsPPO $1.26
Aetna NewBusiness $1.34
Aetna Meritain $1.44
Aetna COMM $1.44
Aetna OON $1.69
Unicare CHIP $1.75
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2.28
City of McKinney COMM $2.36
BCBS Traditional $2.99
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3.37
Aetna ASA $3.55
Aetna WCOMP $3.71
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3.71
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3.71
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3.71
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3.91
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4.04
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4.04
Magellan BH Summit $4.04
Humana BHCOMM $4.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4.72
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4.72
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4.90
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5.05
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $5.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5.39
USA Managed Care COMM $5.39
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5.73
Unicare MCD $6.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6.74

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Metronidazole 500 mg/100 ml in sodium chlor(iso) intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $14.52 $0.02 – $15.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $14.52 $0.02 – $15.98
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $108.72 $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $14.52 $0.02 – $15.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $14.52 $0.02 – $16.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14.52 $0.02 – $14.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $14.52 $0.02 – $15.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $14.52 $0.02 – $16.92

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