Thyroid met uptake at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
$6,071.17
Cash price 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.
$6,071.17
Gross charge 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.
$69.47 with BCBS vs $6,071.17 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $69.47 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $76.48 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $76.48 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $87.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $120.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | COMM | $129.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $129.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OON | $151.53 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $227.10 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $227.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | COMM | $236.04 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $238.19 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $249.28 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $424.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $424.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $424.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $424.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $424.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $819.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $849.96 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,135.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,153.52 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,487.44 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,566.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,578.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,052.06 | ↓ -66% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,124.91 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,428.47 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,695.60 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,732.03 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,035.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,199.51 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,339.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,339.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,339.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,339.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,521.28 | ↓ -42% |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $3,642.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $3,642.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $3,642.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $3,946.26 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,249.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,249.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,249.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4,413.74 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $4,553.38 | ↓ -25% |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $4,856.94 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4,856.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $4,856.94 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,856.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,160.49 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,071.17 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,071.17 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,071.17 | ↑ +0% |
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Thyroid met uptake at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $398.40 | $112.88 – $564.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $398.40 | $85.26 – $564.40 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $398.40 | $112.88 – $564.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $398.40 | $82.00 – $597.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $398.40 | $79.68 – $498.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $398.40 | $106.24 – $564.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $398.40 | $127.89 – $597.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $398.40 | $205.84 – $597.60 |