Warde zinc 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

$1,811.41

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.

$1,811.41

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.

$9.57 with United vs $1,811.41 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 STARPerinate $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $9.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STAR $9.57 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $9.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.34 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $10.53 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.33 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $11.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.39 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.39 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.39 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $11.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $11.49 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $11.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $11.73 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $11.73 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.96 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.96 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $11.96 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.07 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.07 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $12.42 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $12.42 ↓ -99%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $12.42 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $12.42 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.53 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.67 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $14.48 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $14.81 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.09 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.09 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.09 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.09 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $17.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.93 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.93 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $19.94 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $20.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $21.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $21.24 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $21.64 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $25.00 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $25.51 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $25.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.13 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.13 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $29.50 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $29.61 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $30.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $43.92 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $43.96 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $49.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $49.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $62.09 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $126.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $126.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $126.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $126.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $126.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $126.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $244.54 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $253.60 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $338.73 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $443.80 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $467.34 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $470.97 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $612.26 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $633.99 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $804.27 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $815.13 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $905.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $954.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $996.28 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $996.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $996.28 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $996.28 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,050.62 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,086.85 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,086.85 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $1,086.85 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $1,177.42 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,267.99 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,267.99 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,267.99 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,316.90 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,358.56 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,449.13 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,449.13 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,449.13 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,449.13 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,539.70 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,811.41 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,811.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,811.41 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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