Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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.

$6.54 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $480.09 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
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.54
United STARPLUS $6.54
Amerigroup CHIP $6.54
United STARKids $6.54
United STAR $6.54
United STARPerinate $6.54
United CHIP $6.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.87
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.06
Molina MCDSTAR $7.19
Molina CHIP $7.19
Molina STARKIDS $7.19
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.19
WellMed MGMCR $7.74
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $7.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.78
BCBS MCRPPO $7.78
Devoted Health MME $7.78
Humana MGMCR $7.78
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.78
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.78
Devoted Health SNP $7.78
Devoted Health HMO $7.78
Devoted Health POS $7.78
Devoted Health PPO $7.78
Devoted Health MCR $7.78
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.78
United SmallGroup $7.78
United MGMCR $7.82
Aetna MCR $7.85
Care N Care MGMCR $7.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.94
WellCare MGMCR $8.01
Integranet MGMCR $8.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.17
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.17
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.17
Humana Tricare $8.17
Humana MGMCD $8.18
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.25
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.25
Molina MMP $8.48
Molina MME $8.48
Molina MCR $8.48
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $8.48
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.56
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.34
Aetna QHPHIX $9.90
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.11
Bravo Health MCRSNP $11.67
Bravo Health MCRHMO $11.67
Bravo Health MCRPOS $11.67
Bravo Health MCRPPO $11.67
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $11.67
BCBS BluePremier $12.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13.62
Aetna NewBusiness $13.64
Superior ValueHMO $13.93
Aetna Meritain $14.52
Aetna COMM $14.52
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $14.78
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.40
Aetna OON $17.09
Superior HMO $17.43
Superior EPO $17.43
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.22
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.22
BCBS EPOSOA $20.15
Oscar HIX $20.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.38
BCBS PPO $21.08
Cigna LocalPlus $29.68
Cigna NewBusiness $29.71
Cigna HMO $33.15
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.15
Cigna NetworkBenefit $33.15
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $33.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.61
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.61
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $33.61
Cigna AllOther $41.96
Cigna IFP $64.81
Cigna QHP $67.21
Humana COMM $70.01
United OptionsPPO $89.78
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $117.62
Evry Health COMM $123.86
Unicare CHIP $124.82
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $162.27
City of McKinney COMM $168.03
BCBS Traditional $213.16
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $216.04
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $240.04
Aetna ASA $253.01
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $264.05
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $264.05
Aetna WCOMP $264.05
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $264.05
Averde Health, Inc PPO $278.45
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $288.05
Magellan BH Summit $288.05
Magellan BH Pinnacle $288.05
Humana BHCOMM $312.06
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $336.06
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $336.06
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $336.06
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $349.03
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $360.07
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $384.07
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $384.07
USA Managed Care COMM $384.07
ComPsych Corporation COMM $384.07
Galaxy Health Network PPO $408.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $480.09
Independent Medical Systems COMM $480.09
Unicare MCD $480.09
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $61.52 $6.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.98 $2.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.98 $7.00 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.98 $6.54 – $18.67

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