New Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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.

$7.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $275.74 with BCBS — 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 $7.87
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $7.87
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $7.87
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.87
Cigna IFP $15.17
Aetna QHPHIX $15.17
Cigna QHP $15.74
United OptionsPPO $21.02
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $21.36
Aetna NewBusiness $22.37
Aetna Meritain $23.94
Aetna COMM $23.94
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $27.54
Aetna OON $28.21
Evry Health COMM $29.00
Unicare CHIP $29.22
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $37.99
City of McKinney COMM $39.34
Curative Administrators COMM $44.96
BCBS Traditional $49.91
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $50.58
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $56.20
Aetna ASA $59.23
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $61.82
Aetna WCOMP $61.82
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $61.82
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $61.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $65.19
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $67.44
Magellan BH Pinnacle $67.44
Magellan BH Summit $67.44
Humana BHCOMM $73.06
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $78.68
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $78.68
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $78.68
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $81.71
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $84.30
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $89.92
ComPsych Corporation COMM $89.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $89.92
USA Managed Care COMM $89.92
Galaxy Health Network PPO $95.54
Cigna NewBusiness $98.62
Cigna LocalPlus $98.62
Cigna NetworkBenefit $110.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $110.20
Cigna HMO $110.20
Independent Medical Systems COMM $112.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $112.40
Unicare MCD $112.40
Cigna AllOther $139.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.73
Humana COMM $166.68
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $251.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $251.00
BCBS EPOSOA $263.37
BCBS PPO $275.74

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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $412.32 $198.43 – $198.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $165.90 $60.82 – $474.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $203.88 $7.90 – $110.16
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $66.56 $36.30 – $217.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $203.88 $34.10 – $224.91
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00

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