Nushield 1 square cm 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

$2,188.00

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.

$2,188.00

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.

$89.87 with Humana vs $4,532.56 with Cigna — 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 $89.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $153.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $153.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $153.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $153.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $153.16 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $295.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $295.38 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $306.32 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $409.16 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $435.41 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $466.04 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $466.04 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $540.44 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $540.44 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $549.19 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $568.88 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $638.90 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $697.97 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $697.97 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $732.98 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $739.54 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $765.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $765.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $971.47 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,094.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,153.08 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,203.40 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,203.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,203.40 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,203.40 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,269.04 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,312.80 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,312.80 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $1,312.80 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $1,422.20 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,531.60 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,531.60 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,590.68 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,641.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,750.40 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,750.40 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,750.40 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,859.80 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,188.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,188.00 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,188.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna LocalPlus $3,207.03 ↑ +47%
Cigna NewBusiness $3,210.21 ↑ +47%
Cigna HMO $3,582.80 ↑ +64%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,582.80 ↑ +64%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,582.80 ↑ +64%
Cigna AllOther $4,532.56 ↑ +107%

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Nushield 1 square cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $833.29 $56.17 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $833.29 $42.42 – $268.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $833.29 $56.17 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $833.29 $40.81 – $297.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $833.29 $39.65 – $247.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $833.29 $52.87 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $833.29 $63.64 – $297.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $833.29 $102.43 – $297.37

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