Removal biliary drg cath 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.

$334.95 with United vs $7,119.29 with Unicare — 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 STARPerinate $334.95
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $334.95
United CHIP $334.95
United STAR $334.95
United STARKids $334.95
United STARPLUS $334.95
Amerigroup CHIP $351.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $351.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $351.70
Molina STAR+PLUS $368.44
Molina MCDSTAR $368.44
Molina STARKIDS $368.44
Molina CHIP $368.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $401.94
Aetna Better Health CHIP $401.94
Humana MGMCD $418.69
WellMed MGMCR $915.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Cigna IFP $961.10
Cigna QHP $996.70
BCBS BluePremier $1,045.27
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,266.00
United OptionsPPO $1,331.31
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,768.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,768.32
Humana COMM $1,840.72
Unicare CHIP $1,851.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,993.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,106.27
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,106.27
BCBS EPOSOA $2,216.29
BCBS PPO $2,318.46
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,406.32
City of McKinney COMM $2,491.75
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
United SmallGroup $2,924.00
BCBS Traditional $3,160.96
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,559.64
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna ASA $3,751.87
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,915.61
Aetna WCOMP $3,915.61
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,915.61
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,915.61
United AllPayerAppendix $4,120.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,129.19
Magellan BH Summit $4,271.57
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,271.57
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,271.57
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana BHCOMM $4,627.54
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,983.50
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,983.50
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,983.50
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,175.72
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,339.47
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $5,695.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,695.43
USA Managed Care COMM $5,695.43
ComPsych Corporation COMM $5,695.43
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,051.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,119.29
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,119.29
Unicare MCD $7,119.29

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Removal biliary drg cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,380.82 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,380.82 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,380.82 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,291.61 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,135.69 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,380.82 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,291.61 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,291.61 $334.95 – $2,245.59

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