Transcutaneous hgb 88738 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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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.

$4.99 with WellMed vs $55.70 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
WellMed MGMCR $4.99
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.02
BCBS MCRPPO $5.02
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.02
Devoted Health MCR $5.02
Devoted Health MME $5.02
Devoted Health PPO $5.02
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.02
Humana MGMCR $5.02
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.02
United SmallGroup $5.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.02
Devoted Health HMO $5.02
United AllPayerAppendix $5.02
Devoted Health POS $5.02
Devoted Health SNP $5.02
United MGMCR $5.05
Aetna MCR $5.06
Care N Care MGMCR $5.07
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.12
Integranet MGMCR $5.17
WellCare MGMCR $5.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.27
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.27
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.27
Humana Tricare $5.27
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.32
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.32
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $5.47
Molina MCR $5.47
Molina MMP $5.47
Molina MME $5.47
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.52
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.02
Aetna QHPHIX $6.38
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.53
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.53
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.53
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.53
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.53
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.53
BCBS BluePremier $7.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.79
Aetna NewBusiness $8.79
Superior ValueHMO $8.99
Aetna COMM $9.36
Aetna Meritain $9.36
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.54
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.94
Aetna OON $11.02
Superior EPO $11.24
Superior HMO $11.24
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.40
BCBS EPOSOA $13.00
Oscar HIX $13.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.15
BCBS PPO $13.60
Cigna LocalPlus $19.37
Cigna NewBusiness $19.39
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.64
Cigna HMO $21.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.64
Cigna AllOther $27.39
Humana COMM $55.70
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Transcutaneous hgb 88738 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $31.12 $4.77 – $38.90

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