Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac 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.

$340.77 with United vs $11,480.69 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
United STAR $340.77
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $340.77
United STARPLUS $340.77
United CHIP $340.77
United STARPerinate $340.77
United STARKids $340.77
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $357.81
Amerigroup CHIP $357.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $357.81
Molina MCDSTAR $374.85
Molina STARKIDS $374.85
Molina STAR+PLUS $374.85
Molina CHIP $374.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $408.92
Aetna Better Health CHIP $408.92
Humana MGMCD $425.96
Humana COMM $881.69
WellMed MGMCR $892.95
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
BCBS BluePremier $1,080.03
Cigna IFP $1,549.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,562.00
Cigna QHP $1,607.30
United SmallGroup $1,676.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,827.11
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,827.11
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
United OptionsPPO $2,146.89
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,152.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,176.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,176.29
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
BCBS EPOSOA $2,289.98
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
BCBS PPO $2,395.55
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,700.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,702.00
Unicare CHIP $2,984.98
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,016.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,016.00
Cigna HMO $3,016.00
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Cigna AllOther $3,816.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,880.47
City of McKinney COMM $4,018.24
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS Traditional $5,097.43
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,740.35
Aetna ASA $6,050.32
Aetna WCOMP $6,314.38
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,314.38
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,314.38
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,314.38
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,658.80
Magellan BH Pinnacle $6,888.41
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $6,888.41
Magellan BH Summit $6,888.41
Humana BHCOMM $7,462.45
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,036.48
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,036.48
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,036.48
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8,346.46
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,610.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,184.55
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $9,184.55
ComPsych Corporation COMM $9,184.55
USA Managed Care COMM $9,184.55
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9,758.59
Unicare MCD $11,480.69
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11,480.69
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,480.69

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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,105.75 $340.77 – $2,632.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,105.75 $340.77 – $2,632.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,105.75 $340.77 – $2,632.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,987.92 $71.00 – $2,981.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,987.92 $71.00 – $2,484.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,105.75 $340.77 – $2,632.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,987.92 $85.00 – $2,981.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,987.92 $340.77 – $2,981.88

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