Aluminum - quest 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

$1,091.25

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.

$1,091.25

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.

$21.40 with Amerigroup vs $1,091.25 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 MGMCD $21.40 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $21.40 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $21.40 ↓ -98%
United STAR $21.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $21.40 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $21.40 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $21.40 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $21.40 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $22.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $23.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $23.11 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $23.54 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $23.54 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $23.54 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $23.54 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $25.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $25.48 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.48 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $25.48 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $25.48 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $25.48 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $25.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $25.70 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $25.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $25.99 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $26.24 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $26.24 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $26.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $26.75 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $26.75 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $26.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $26.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $26.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $26.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $26.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $26.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $27.01 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $27.77 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $27.77 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $27.77 ↓ -97%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $27.77 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $28.03 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $30.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $32.41 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $33.12 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $38.22 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $38.22 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $38.22 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $38.22 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $38.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $39.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $44.59 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.59 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $44.65 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $45.61 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $47.55 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $47.55 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $48.41 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $55.96 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $57.08 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $57.08 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $62.94 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $62.94 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $65.99 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $66.25 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $66.76 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $69.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $76.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $76.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $76.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $76.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $76.39 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $96.83 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $96.92 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $108.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $108.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $108.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $136.87 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $147.32 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $152.78 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $204.06 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $267.36 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $281.54 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $283.09 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $283.73 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $368.84 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $381.94 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $484.51 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $491.06 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $545.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $575.09 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $600.19 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $600.19 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $600.19 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $600.19 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $632.92 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Summit $654.75 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $654.75 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $654.75 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $709.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $763.88 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $763.88 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $763.88 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $793.34 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $818.44 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $873.00 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $873.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $873.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $873.00 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $927.56 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,091.25 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,091.25 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,091.25 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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