Platelet pheresis each unit 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

$2,810.84

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.

$2,810.84

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.

$196.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,013.14 with Humana — 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 $196.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $196.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $196.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $196.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $196.76 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $379.46 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $393.52 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $525.63 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $584.65 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $688.66 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $694.28 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $694.28 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $725.20 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $730.82 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $742.06 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $742.06 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $820.77 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $829.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $829.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $829.20 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $896.66 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $896.66 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $941.63 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $950.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna QHPHIX $965.49 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $983.79 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $983.79 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $1,048.44 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,124.34 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,248.01 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,264.88 ↓ -55%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,329.83 ↓ -53%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,405.42 ↓ -50%
Aetna COMM $1,416.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna Meritain $1,416.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,481.31 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,545.96 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,545.96 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,545.96 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,545.96 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,630.29 ↓ -42%
Aetna OON $1,666.84 ↓ -41%
Magellan BH Summit $1,686.50 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,686.50 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,686.50 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $1,827.05 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,967.59 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,967.59 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,967.59 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,043.48 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,108.13 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,248.67 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,248.67 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,248.67 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,248.67 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,389.21 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $2,810.84 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,810.84 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,810.84 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $3,013.14 ↑ +7%

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Platelet pheresis each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,575.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,260.36 $269.72 – $1,575.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,575.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,260.36 $259.42 – $1,890.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,326.70 $265.34 – $1,658.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,575.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,890.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,260.36 $651.19 – $1,890.54

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