Removal tunnled intprtnl 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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $10,918.00 with United — 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 $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Cigna IFP $978.47
Cigna QHP $1,014.71
United CHIP $1,118.22
United STARPerinate $1,118.22
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,118.22
United STARKids $1,118.22
United STARPLUS $1,118.22
United STAR $1,118.22
Amerigroup CHIP $1,174.13
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,174.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,174.13
Molina MCDSTAR $1,230.04
Molina CHIP $1,230.04
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,230.04
Molina STARKIDS $1,230.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,341.86
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,341.86
United OptionsPPO $1,355.36
Humana MGMCD $1,397.78
Unicare CHIP $1,884.45
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,449.79
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
City of McKinney COMM $2,536.76
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,008.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73
BCBS Traditional $3,218.07
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,623.95
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
BCBS BluePremier $3,685.80
Aetna ASA $3,819.64
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,986.34
Aetna WCOMP $3,986.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,986.34
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,986.34
Humana COMM $4,116.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,203.78
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Magellan BH Summit $4,348.74
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,348.74
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,348.74
Humana BHCOMM $4,711.14
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,073.53
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,073.53
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,269.22
Oscar HIX $5,381.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,435.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,694.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,798.32
USA Managed Care COMM $5,798.32
ComPsych Corporation COMM $5,798.32
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $5,798.32
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,160.72
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6,225.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,235.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,235.38
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,247.90
Unicare MCD $7,247.90
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,247.90
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,427.03
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,427.03
United SmallGroup $7,785.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7,815.01
BCBS PPO $8,175.28
United AllPayerAppendix $10,918.00

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Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $4,430.01 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $4,430.01 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,430.01 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,355.94 $690.76 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,601.70 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,430.01 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,355.94 $1,196.50 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,355.94 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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