Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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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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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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.

$0.60 with Humana vs $24.37 with BCBS — 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

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 $0.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.09
United SmallGroup $1.09
United AllPayerAppendix $1.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.12
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.12
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.12
Aetna QHPHIX $2.16
Cigna IFP $2.16
Cigna QHP $2.24
United OptionsPPO $2.99
Aetna NewBusiness $3.18
Aetna COMM $3.40
Aetna Meritain $3.40
Aetna OON $4.01
Unicare CHIP $4.15
Cigna NewBusiness $4.30
Cigna LocalPlus $4.30
Cigna NetworkBenefit $4.80
Cigna HMO $4.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.80
Humana COMM $4.86
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5.40
City of McKinney COMM $5.59
Cigna AllOther $6.07
BCBS Traditional $7.10
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $7.99
Aetna ASA $8.42
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $8.79
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $8.79
Aetna WCOMP $8.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $8.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $9.27
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $9.59
Magellan BH Pinnacle $9.59
Magellan BH Summit $9.59
Humana BHCOMM $10.39
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $11.19
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $11.19
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $11.62
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $11.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12.78
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $12.78
USA Managed Care COMM $12.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.83
Galaxy Health Network PPO $13.58
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15.98
Independent Medical Systems COMM $15.98
Unicare MCD $15.98
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.79
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.79
BCBS EPOSOA $19.72
BCBS PPO $20.65
BCBS BluePremier $24.37

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $30.00 $0.77 – $19.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95

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