Warde calcitonin 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

$3,444.03

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.

$3,444.03

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.

$22.50 with United vs $3,444.03 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 CHIP $22.50 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.50 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $22.50 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $22.50 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $22.50 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $22.50 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $22.50 ↓ -99%
United STAR $22.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $23.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $24.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $24.30 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $24.75 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $24.75 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $24.75 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $24.75 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $26.66 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $26.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $26.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $26.79 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $26.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $26.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $26.79 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $26.79 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $26.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $26.79 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $26.79 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $26.79 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $26.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $26.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $26.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $26.79 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $26.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $27.02 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $27.06 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $27.33 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $27.59 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $27.59 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $28.12 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $28.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $28.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $28.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $28.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $28.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $28.13 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $28.13 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $28.13 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $28.40 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $28.40 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $29.20 ↓ -99%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $29.20 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $29.20 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $29.20 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $29.47 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $34.07 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $34.83 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $40.19 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $40.19 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $40.19 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $40.19 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $40.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $41.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $46.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $46.92 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $47.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $49.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $49.98 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $50.90 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $58.82 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $60.01 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $60.01 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $66.17 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $66.17 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $69.39 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $69.65 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $70.19 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $72.60 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $102.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $102.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.93 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $113.93 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $113.93 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $144.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $241.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $241.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $241.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $241.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $241.08 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $297.66 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $464.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $482.16 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $644.03 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $843.79 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $888.56 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $895.45 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,164.08 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $1,205.41 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,529.15 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,549.81 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,722.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,815.00 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,894.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,894.22 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,894.22 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,894.22 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,997.54 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,066.42 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $2,066.42 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,066.42 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $2,238.62 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,410.82 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,410.82 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,410.82 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,503.81 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,583.02 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,755.22 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,755.22 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,755.22 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,755.22 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,927.43 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,444.03 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,444.03 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,444.03 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde calcitonin at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $162.01 $10.00 – $202.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $162.01 $10.00 – $202.51
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $167.38 $12.00 – $209.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.01 $10.00 – $202.51
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