Warde viscosity 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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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.

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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.

$9.80 with Amerigroup vs $640.12 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
Amerigroup CHIP $9.80
United STARKids $9.80
United STARPerinate $9.80
United STAR $9.80
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.80
United STARPLUS $9.80
United CHIP $9.80
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.29
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.58
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.58
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.78
Molina MCDSTAR $10.78
Molina CHIP $10.78
Molina STARKIDS $10.78
WellMed MGMCR $11.61
Humana MGMCR $11.67
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.67
BCBS MCRPPO $11.67
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.67
Devoted Health MME $11.67
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.67
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.67
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $11.67
Devoted Health SNP $11.67
Devoted Health HMO $11.67
Devoted Health POS $11.67
Devoted Health PPO $11.67
Devoted Health MCR $11.67
United SmallGroup $11.67
United AllPayerAppendix $11.67
United MGMCR $11.73
Aetna MCR $11.77
Care N Care MGMCR $11.79
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.90
Integranet MGMCR $12.02
WellCare MGMCR $12.02
Humana MGMCD $12.25
Humana Tricare $12.25
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.25
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.25
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.25
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.25
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.25
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.25
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.25
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.25
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.37
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.37
Molina MMP $12.72
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $12.72
Molina MCR $12.72
Molina MME $12.72
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.84
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.00
Aetna QHPHIX $14.84
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.17
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.50
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.50
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.50
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.50
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.50
BCBS BluePremier $18.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.42
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.42
Aetna NewBusiness $20.44
Superior ValueHMO $20.89
Aetna Meritain $21.77
Aetna COMM $21.77
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $22.17
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.11
Aetna OON $25.62
Superior EPO $26.14
Superior HMO $26.14
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.82
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.82
BCBS EPOSOA $30.23
Oscar HIX $30.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.58
BCBS PPO $31.63
Cigna LocalPlus $43.92
Cigna NewBusiness $43.96
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $44.81
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.81
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $44.81
Cigna NetworkBenefit $49.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.06
Cigna HMO $49.06
Cigna AllOther $62.09
Cigna IFP $86.42
Cigna QHP $89.62
United OptionsPPO $119.70
Humana COMM $129.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $156.83
Evry Health COMM $165.15
Unicare CHIP $166.43
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $216.36
City of McKinney COMM $224.04
BCBS Traditional $284.21
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $288.05
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $320.06
Aetna ASA $337.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $352.07
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $352.07
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $352.07
Aetna WCOMP $352.07
Averde Health, Inc PPO $371.27
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $384.07
Magellan BH Pinnacle $384.07
Magellan BH Summit $384.07
Humana BHCOMM $416.08
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $448.08
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $448.08
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $448.08
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $465.37
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $480.09
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $512.10
USA Managed Care COMM $512.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $512.10
ComPsych Corporation COMM $512.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $544.10
Independent Medical Systems COMM $640.12
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $640.12
Unicare MCD $640.12
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde viscosity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $278.72 $10.50 – $44.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $87.08 $12.00 – $130.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
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