Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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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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.

$0.20 with Humana vs $19.65 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
Humana Tricare $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.35
BCBS EPOSOA $0.37
BCBS PPO $0.39
BCBS BluePremier $0.46
Cigna NewBusiness $1.03
Cigna LocalPlus $1.03
Humana COMM $1.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1.15
Cigna HMO $1.15
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.15
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.38
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.38
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.38
Cigna AllOther $1.45
Aetna QHPHIX $2.65
Cigna IFP $2.65
Cigna QHP $2.75
United OptionsPPO $3.67
Aetna NewBusiness $3.91
Aetna Meritain $4.19
Aetna COMM $4.19
Aetna OON $4.93
Unicare CHIP $5.11
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6.64
City of McKinney COMM $6.88
BCBS Traditional $8.72
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $9.82
Aetna ASA $10.36
Aetna WCOMP $10.81
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $10.81
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $10.81
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $10.81
Averde Health, Inc PPO $11.40
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $11.79
Magellan BH Pinnacle $11.79
Magellan BH Summit $11.79
Humana BHCOMM $12.77
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $13.76
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $13.76
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $14.29
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $14.74
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $15.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15.72
USA Managed Care COMM $15.72
Galaxy Health Network PPO $16.70
Unicare MCD $19.65
Independent Medical Systems COMM $19.65
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $19.65

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $544.35 $0.27 – $0.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $97.20 $0.14 – $21.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $97.20 $0.14 – $18.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $97.20 $0.14 – $21.65

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