New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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.

$20.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $915.87 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 $20.55
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.55
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.55
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.55
Cigna IFP $39.63
Aetna QHPHIX $39.63
Cigna QHP $41.10
United OptionsPPO $54.90
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $55.78
Aetna NewBusiness $58.42
Aetna Meritain $62.53
Aetna COMM $62.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $71.92
Aetna OON $73.69
Evry Health COMM $75.74
Unicare CHIP $76.33
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $99.23
City of McKinney COMM $102.75
Curative Administrators COMM $117.43
BCBS Traditional $130.35
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $132.11
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $146.78
Aetna ASA $154.71
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $161.46
Aetna WCOMP $161.46
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $161.46
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $161.46
Averde Health, Inc PPO $170.27
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $176.14
Magellan BH Pinnacle $176.14
Magellan BH Summit $176.14
Humana BHCOMM $190.82
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $205.50
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $205.50
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $205.50
Cigna LocalPlus $208.39
Cigna NewBusiness $208.39
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $213.43
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $220.18
Cigna HMO $232.86
Cigna NetworkBenefit $232.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $232.86
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $234.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $234.86
ComPsych Corporation COMM $234.86
USA Managed Care COMM $234.86
Galaxy Health Network PPO $249.53
Humana COMM $258.46
Unicare MCD $293.57
Independent Medical Systems COMM $293.57
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $293.57
Cigna AllOther $294.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $470.77
BCBS MyBlueHealth $470.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $833.70
BCBS BlueEssentials $833.70
BCBS EPOSOA $874.78
BCBS PPO $915.87

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,075.78 $659.08 – $659.08
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,210.66 $351.91 – $400.58
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $251.65 $82.00 – $719.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $208.78 $37.59 – $295.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $246.90 $100.00 – $671.98
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $251.65 $74.00 – $719.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $251.65 $74.00 – $719.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $208.78 $77.00 – $363.58

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