Warde bile acids 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

$485.19

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.

$485.19

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.

$14.38 with United vs $485.19 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.

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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
United STAR $14.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $14.38 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.38 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $14.38 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $14.38 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $14.38 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $14.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.53 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $15.82 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.82 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $15.82 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $15.82 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $17.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $17.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $17.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $17.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $17.12 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -96%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.12 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.12 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.12 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $17.12 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.12 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $17.12 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $17.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $17.27 ↓ -96%
Care N Care MGMCR $17.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.46 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $17.63 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $17.63 ↓ -96%
Humana Tricare $17.97 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.98 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.98 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $17.98 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.98 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.15 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.15 ↓ -96%
Molina MCR $18.66 ↓ -96%
Molina MMP $18.66 ↓ -96%
Molina MME $18.66 ↓ -96%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $18.66 ↓ -96%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.83 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $21.77 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $22.26 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.68 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.68 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.68 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.68 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.68 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $26.54 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $29.99 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $30.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $31.94 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $31.94 ↓ -93%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $32.53 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $33.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $33.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $37.59 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $38.35 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $38.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentials $42.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $42.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $44.34 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $44.51 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $46.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $65.50 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.93 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $67.93 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.56 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.56 ↓ -85%
Cigna HMO $73.56 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $90.73 ↓ -81%
Cigna AllOther $93.10 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $118.87 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $125.18 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $126.15 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $163.99 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $169.82 ↓ -65%
Humana COMM $190.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS Traditional $215.42 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $218.34 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $242.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $255.70 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $266.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $266.85 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $266.85 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $266.85 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $281.41 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $291.11 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $291.11 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $291.11 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $315.37 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $339.63 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $339.63 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $339.63 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $352.73 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $363.89 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $388.15 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $388.15 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $388.15 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $388.15 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $412.41 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $485.19 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $485.19 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $485.19 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $86.33 $10.00 – $107.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $86.33 $10.00 – $107.92
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $86.33 $10.00 – $107.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.49 $12.00 – $168.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.22 $12.00 – $136.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $86.33 $10.00 – $107.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $112.49 $12.00 – $168.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $112.49 $8.00 – $168.73

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