Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous 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

$135.50

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$135.50

Gross charge

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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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$1.30 with Humana vs $135.50 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $1.30 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $2.51 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.51 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.27 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.27 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.63 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $7.99 ↓ -94%
Cigna LocalPlus $8.59 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $9.43 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $9.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $12.14 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $18.29 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.29 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $18.97 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $25.34 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $26.96 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $28.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $28.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna OON $34.01 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $35.23 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $45.80 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $47.42 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $60.16 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $67.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $71.41 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $74.53 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $74.53 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $74.53 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $74.53 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $78.59 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Summit $81.30 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $81.30 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $81.30 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $88.08 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $94.85 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $94.85 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $98.51 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $101.63 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $108.40 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $108.40 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $108.40 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $115.17 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $135.50 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $135.50 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $135.50 ↑ +0%

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Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $88.20 $1.56 – $34.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $88.20 $1.56 – $34.42
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $20.61 $5.54 – $5.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $88.20 $1.56 – $34.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $88.20 $1.59 – $36.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $88.20 $1.59 – $30.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $88.20 $1.56 – $34.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $88.20 $1.59 – $36.45

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