Sock wool above knee 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.

$27.11 with Humana vs $157.88 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
Humana Tricare $27.11
BCBS MGMCRHMO $27.40
BCBS MCRPPO $27.40
WellMed MGMCR $27.81
Devoted Health PPO $27.95
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.95
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $27.95
Devoted Health SNP $27.95
Devoted Health HMO $27.95
Devoted Health POS $27.95
Devoted Health MCR $27.95
Devoted Health MME $27.95
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $27.95
Humana MGMCR $27.95
United MGMCR $28.09
Aetna MCR $28.19
Care N Care MGMCR $28.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $28.51
Integranet MGMCR $28.79
WellCare MGMCR $28.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $29.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $29.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $29.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $29.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $29.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $29.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $29.35
ProCare Advantge MCR $29.35
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $29.63
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $29.63
Molina MME $30.47
Molina MCR $30.47
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $30.47
Molina MMP $30.47
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $30.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $33.54
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $36.34
Bravo Health MCRPOS $41.92
Bravo Health MCRSNP $41.92
Bravo Health MCRHMO $41.92
Bravo Health MCRPPO $41.92
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $41.92
Superior ValueHMO $50.03
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $53.10
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $55.34
Superior EPO $62.61
Superior HMO $62.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $73.23
Humana COMM $157.88

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