Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$1,127.01

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.

$1,127.01

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.

$8.31 with United vs $1,127.01 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 $8.31 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.31 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $8.31 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.31 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $8.31 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $8.31 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $8.31 ↓ -99%
United STAR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.97 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.97 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $9.14 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $9.14 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $9.14 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $9.14 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $9.84 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $9.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $9.89 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $9.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $9.89 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.89 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.89 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $9.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $9.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $9.89 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.97 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $10.38 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $10.38 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $10.39 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.48 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.48 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $10.78 ↓ -99%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $10.78 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $10.78 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $10.78 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.88 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $12.57 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.86 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.84 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.84 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.84 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.84 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $15.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $17.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.32 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $17.70 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $18.44 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $18.44 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $18.79 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $21.70 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $22.15 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $22.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $24.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $24.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $25.62 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $25.71 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $26.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $37.46 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $37.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $41.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $52.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $78.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $78.89 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $109.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $152.15 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $157.78 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $210.75 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $276.12 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $290.77 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $293.02 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $380.93 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $394.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $500.39 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $507.15 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $563.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $593.93 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $619.86 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $619.86 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $619.86 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $619.86 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $653.67 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $676.21 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $676.21 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $676.21 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $732.56 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $788.91 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $788.91 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $788.91 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $819.34 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $845.26 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $901.61 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $901.61 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $901.61 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $901.61 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $957.96 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,127.01 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,127.01 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,127.01 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $89.62 $8.31 – $112.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $89.62 $8.31 – $112.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $89.62 $8.31 – $112.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $84.37 $12.00 – $126.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $81.91 $8.31 – $102.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $89.62 $8.31 – $112.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $84.37 $8.89 – $126.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $84.37 $8.00 – $126.56

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