Cold agglutinin screen (arc) 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

$296.22

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.

$296.22

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.

$6.78 with United vs $296.22 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 STAR $6.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.78 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.78 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $6.78 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $6.78 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $6.78 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $6.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.32 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $7.46 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.46 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.46 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $7.46 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $8.03 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.07 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $8.07 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $8.07 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $8.07 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $8.07 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $8.07 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.07 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.07 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $8.07 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.07 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.07 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $8.07 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $8.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $8.14 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.15 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.23 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.47 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.47 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $8.47 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.47 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.47 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.47 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.47 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.47 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $8.47 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.47 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.55 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.55 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $8.80 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $8.80 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $8.80 ↓ -97%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $8.80 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.88 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.26 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.49 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.11 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.11 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.11 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.11 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $12.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.12 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.13 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $14.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $15.05 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $15.05 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.33 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $17.71 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $18.08 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $18.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.93 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.74 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.90 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $20.98 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $21.87 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $31.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $31.04 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $34.63 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.63 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $34.63 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $39.99 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $41.47 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $43.83 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $55.39 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $72.57 ↓ -76%
Humana COMM $74.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $76.42 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $77.02 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $100.12 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $103.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $131.52 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $133.30 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $148.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $156.11 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $162.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $162.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $162.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $162.92 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $171.81 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $177.73 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $177.73 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $177.73 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $192.54 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $207.35 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $207.35 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $207.35 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $215.35 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $222.17 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $236.98 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $236.98 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $236.98 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $236.98 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $251.79 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $296.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $296.22 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $296.22 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $128.26 $6.78 – $160.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $128.26 $6.78 – $160.33
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $130.83 $7.26 – $31.07
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $128.26 $6.78 – $160.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $91.12 $11.82 – $136.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $82.03 $6.78 – $102.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $128.26 $6.78 – $160.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $91.12 $7.25 – $136.68

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