New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$15.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $701.81 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 $15.27
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $15.27
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $15.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.27
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.27
Cigna IFP $29.46
Aetna QHPHIX $29.46
Cigna QHP $30.55
United OptionsPPO $40.80
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $41.46
Aetna NewBusiness $43.42
Aetna Meritain $46.48
Aetna COMM $46.48
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $53.46
Aetna OON $54.77
Evry Health COMM $56.30
Unicare CHIP $56.73
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $73.75
City of McKinney COMM $76.37
Curative Administrators COMM $87.28
BCBS Traditional $96.88
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $98.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $109.10
Aetna ASA $114.99
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $120.01
Aetna WCOMP $120.01
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $120.01
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $120.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $126.56
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $130.92
Magellan BH Pinnacle $130.92
Magellan BH Summit $130.92
Humana BHCOMM $141.83
Cigna LocalPlus $143.25
Cigna NewBusiness $143.25
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $152.74
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $152.74
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $152.74
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $158.63
Cigna NetworkBenefit $160.07
Cigna HMO $160.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $160.07
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $163.65
ComPsych Corporation COMM $174.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $174.56
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $174.56
USA Managed Care COMM $174.56
Galaxy Health Network PPO $185.47
Cigna AllOther $202.40
Independent Medical Systems COMM $218.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $218.20
Unicare MCD $218.20
Humana COMM $239.15
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $360.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $360.75
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $638.85
BCBS BlueEssentials $638.85
BCBS EPOSOA $670.33
BCBS PPO $701.81

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $820.97 $505.04 – $505.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $238.35 $82.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $261.63 $34.53 – $261.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $102.36 $94.25 – $565.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $261.63 $77.00 – $517.44
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00

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