Pentobarbital sodium inj 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.

$20.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $460.70 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.90
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.90
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.90
Aetna QHPHIX $40.31
Cigna IFP $40.31
Cigna QHP $41.81
United OptionsPPO $55.84
Aetna NewBusiness $59.42
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $59.83
United SmallGroup $59.83
United AllPayerAppendix $59.83
Aetna COMM $63.60
Aetna Meritain $63.60
Aetna OON $74.95
Unicare CHIP $77.64
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $100.93
City of McKinney COMM $104.51
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $125.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $125.96
BCBS Traditional $132.58
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $149.31
Aetna ASA $157.37
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $164.24
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $164.24
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $164.24
Aetna WCOMP $164.24
Averde Health, Inc PPO $173.19
Magellan BH Summit $179.17
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $179.17
Magellan BH Pinnacle $179.17
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $184.38
BCBS BlueEssentials $184.38
BCBS EPOSOA $193.50
Humana BHCOMM $194.10
BCBS PPO $202.63
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $209.03
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $209.03
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $217.09
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $223.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $238.89
USA Managed Care COMM $238.89
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $238.89
BCBS BluePremier $239.14
Galaxy Health Network PPO $253.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $298.61
Independent Medical Systems COMM $298.61
Unicare MCD $298.61
Cigna LocalPlus $325.97
Cigna NewBusiness $326.29
Humana COMM $336.80
Cigna NetworkBenefit $364.16
Cigna HMO $364.16
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $364.16
Cigna AllOther $460.70

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $4,062.60 $35.00 – $2,722.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $4,062.60 $35.00 – $2,722.99
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,062.60 $35.00 – $2,722.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,062.60 $448.39 – $3,267.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,062.60 $35.00 – $2,722.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,062.60 $35.00 – $2,722.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,062.60 $35.00 – $3,267.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,062.60 $1,125.50 – $3,267.59

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