Sickling rbc 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.

$4.63 with Amerigroup vs $318.36 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
Amerigroup CHIP $4.63
United STARKids $4.63
United STARPerinate $4.63
United STAR $4.63
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.63
United STARPLUS $4.63
United CHIP $4.63
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.86
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.09
Molina MCDSTAR $5.09
Molina CHIP $5.09
Molina STARKIDS $5.09
WellMed MGMCR $5.48
Humana MGMCR $5.51
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.51
BCBS MCRPPO $5.51
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.51
Devoted Health MME $5.51
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.51
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.51
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.51
Devoted Health SNP $5.51
Devoted Health HMO $5.51
Devoted Health POS $5.51
Devoted Health PPO $5.51
Devoted Health MCR $5.51
United SmallGroup $5.51
United AllPayerAppendix $5.51
United MGMCR $5.54
Aetna MCR $5.56
Care N Care MGMCR $5.57
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.62
Integranet MGMCR $5.68
WellCare MGMCR $5.68
Humana Tricare $5.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.79
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.79
Humana MGMCD $5.79
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.84
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.84
Molina MMP $6.01
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $6.01
Molina MCR $6.01
Molina MME $6.01
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.06
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.61
Aetna QHPHIX $7.02
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.16
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.27
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.27
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.27
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.27
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.27
BCBS BluePremier $8.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.64
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.64
Aetna NewBusiness $9.67
Superior ValueHMO $9.86
Aetna Meritain $10.29
Aetna COMM $10.29
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.47
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.91
Aetna OON $12.11
Superior EPO $12.34
Superior HMO $12.34
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.61
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.61
BCBS EPOSOA $14.27
Oscar HIX $14.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.44
BCBS PPO $14.93
Cigna LocalPlus $20.66
Cigna NewBusiness $20.68
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $22.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.29
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.29
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $22.29
Cigna NetworkBenefit $23.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.07
Cigna HMO $23.07
Cigna AllOther $29.20
Cigna IFP $42.98
Cigna QHP $44.57
United OptionsPPO $59.53
Humana COMM $61.19
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $78.00
Evry Health COMM $82.14
Unicare CHIP $82.77
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $107.61
City of McKinney COMM $111.43
BCBS Traditional $141.35
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $143.26
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $159.18
Aetna ASA $167.78
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $175.10
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $175.10
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $175.10
Aetna WCOMP $175.10
Averde Health, Inc PPO $184.65
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $191.02
Magellan BH Pinnacle $191.02
Magellan BH Summit $191.02
Humana BHCOMM $206.93
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $222.85
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $222.85
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $222.85
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $231.45
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $238.77
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $254.69
USA Managed Care COMM $254.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $254.69
ComPsych Corporation COMM $254.69
Galaxy Health Network PPO $270.61
Independent Medical Systems COMM $318.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $318.36
Unicare MCD $318.36
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $71.95 $4.63 – $49.46
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