Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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.

$7.66 with Amerigroup vs $498.82 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 MGMCD $7.66
United STARKids $7.66
United STARPerinate $7.66
United STAR $7.66
United STARPLUS $7.66
Amerigroup CHIP $7.66
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.66
United CHIP $7.66
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.27
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.27
Molina STARKIDS $8.43
Molina CHIP $8.43
Molina MCDSTAR $8.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.43
Humana MGMCD $9.57
WellMed MGMCR $13.32
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.39
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.39
Devoted Health MME $13.39
Humana MGMCR $13.39
Devoted Health SNP $13.39
Devoted Health HMO $13.39
Devoted Health POS $13.39
Devoted Health PPO $13.39
Devoted Health MCR $13.39
United AllPayerAppendix $13.39
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.39
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.39
United SmallGroup $13.39
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.39
BCBS MCRPPO $13.39
United MGMCR $13.46
Aetna MCR $13.50
Care N Care MGMCR $13.52
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.66
Integranet MGMCR $13.79
WellCare MGMCR $13.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.06
Humana Tricare $14.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.06
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.06
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.06
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.19
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.19
Molina MCR $14.60
Molina MMP $14.60
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $14.60
Molina MME $14.60
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.07
Aetna QHPHIX $17.02
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.41
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.09
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.09
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.09
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.09
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.09
BCBS BluePremier $20.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.43
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.43
Aetna NewBusiness $23.45
Superior ValueHMO $23.97
Aetna COMM $24.97
Aetna Meritain $24.97
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.44
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.51
Aetna OON $29.39
Superior HMO $29.99
Superior EPO $29.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.07
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.07
BCBS EPOSOA $34.68
Oscar HIX $34.81
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $34.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.92
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $34.92
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.08
BCBS PPO $36.29
Cigna LocalPlus $51.66
Cigna NewBusiness $51.71
Cigna HMO $57.70
Cigna NetworkBenefit $57.70
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.70
Cigna IFP $67.34
Cigna QHP $69.83
Cigna AllOther $73.03
United OptionsPPO $93.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $122.21
Evry Health COMM $128.70
Unicare CHIP $129.69
Humana COMM $148.74
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $168.60
City of McKinney COMM $174.59
BCBS Traditional $221.48
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $224.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $249.41
Aetna ASA $262.88
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $274.35
Aetna WCOMP $274.35
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $274.35
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $274.35
Averde Health, Inc PPO $289.32
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $299.29
Magellan BH Summit $299.29
Magellan BH Pinnacle $299.29
Humana BHCOMM $324.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $349.17
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $349.17
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $349.17
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $362.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $374.12
USA Managed Care COMM $399.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $399.06
ComPsych Corporation COMM $399.06
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $399.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $424.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $498.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $498.82
Unicare MCD $498.82
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $196.84 $10.00 – $32.14
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