Nerve teasing preparations 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

$3,132.49

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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.

$3,132.49

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.

$147.26 with Aetna vs $3,132.49 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
Aetna QHPHIX $147.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $202.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $216.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $216.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $219.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $219.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $219.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $219.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $219.27 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $254.22 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $422.89 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $438.55 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $462.51 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $462.97 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $516.59 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $516.59 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $516.59 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $585.78 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $651.56 ↓ -79%
Cigna AllOther $653.81 ↓ -79%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -79%
United SmallGroup $656.15 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $767.46 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $808.18 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $814.45 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $822.53 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $973.71 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,058.78 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $1,096.37 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,099.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,099.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,390.83 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,409.62 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,551.65 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,551.65 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,566.24 ↓ -50%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,627.04 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $1,650.82 ↓ -47%
BCBS PPO $1,702.42 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $1,722.87 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,722.87 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,722.87 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,722.87 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,816.84 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Summit $1,879.49 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,879.49 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,879.49 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $2,036.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,192.74 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,192.74 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,192.74 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,277.32 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,349.37 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,505.99 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,505.99 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,505.99 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,505.99 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,662.62 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,132.49 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,132.49 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,132.49 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $566.86 $35.00 – $2,130.15
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