Socket insert knee articulat 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.

$451.40 with Humana vs $2,629.13 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 $451.40
BCBS MGMCRHMO $456.24
BCBS MCRPPO $456.24
WellMed MGMCR $463.03
Devoted Health PPO $465.36
Amerigroup DualEligible $465.36
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $465.36
Devoted Health SNP $465.36
Devoted Health HMO $465.36
Devoted Health POS $465.36
Devoted Health MCR $465.36
Devoted Health MME $465.36
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $465.36
Humana MGMCR $465.36
United MGMCR $467.69
Aetna MCR $469.32
Care N Care MGMCR $470.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $474.67
Integranet MGMCR $479.32
WellCare MGMCR $479.32
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $488.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $488.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $488.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $488.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $488.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $488.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $488.63
ProCare Advantge MCR $488.63
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $493.28
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $493.28
Molina MME $507.24
Molina MCR $507.24
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $507.24
Molina MMP $507.24
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $511.90
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $558.43
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $604.97
Bravo Health MCRPOS $698.04
Bravo Health MCRSNP $698.04
Bravo Health MCRHMO $698.04
Bravo Health MCRPPO $698.04
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $698.04
Superior ValueHMO $832.99
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $884.18
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $921.41
Superior EPO $1,042.41
Superior HMO $1,042.41
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,219.24
Humana COMM $2,629.13

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Socket insert knee articulat at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $456.05 – $1,000.52

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