Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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.

$27.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $984.19 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
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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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.98
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.98
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.98
Cigna IFP $53.95
Aetna QHPHIX $53.95
Cigna QHP $55.95
United OptionsPPO $74.73
Aetna NewBusiness $79.53
Oscar HIX $83.13
Aetna COMM $85.13
Aetna Meritain $85.13
Aetna OON $100.31
Unicare CHIP $103.91
Humana COMM $127.69
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $135.08
City of McKinney COMM $139.88
BCBS Traditional $177.44
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $179.84
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $199.82
Aetna ASA $210.62
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $219.81
Aetna WCOMP $219.81
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $219.81
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $219.81
Averde Health, Inc PPO $231.80
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $239.79
Magellan BH Pinnacle $239.79
Magellan BH Summit $239.79
Humana BHCOMM $259.77
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $279.75
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $279.75
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $279.75
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $290.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $299.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $319.72
USA Managed Care COMM $319.72
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $319.72
ComPsych Corporation COMM $319.72
Galaxy Health Network PPO $339.70
Unicare MCD $399.65
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $399.65
Independent Medical Systems COMM $399.65
BCBS BluePremier $434.15
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $505.89
BCBS MyBlueHealth $505.89
BCBS BlueEssentials $895.89
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $895.89
BCBS EPOSOA $940.04
BCBS PPO $984.19

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $203.49 $43.55 – $528.37
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.31 $65.06 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $203.49 $54.26 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.77 $77.93 – $528.37

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