Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout 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

$1,876.09

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.

$1,876.09

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.

$27.40 with Amerigroup vs $1,876.09 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
Amerigroup CHIP $27.40 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $27.40 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $27.40 ↓ -99%
United STAR $27.40 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $27.40 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $27.40 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $27.40 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $27.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $28.77 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $29.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $29.59 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $30.14 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $30.14 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $30.14 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $30.14 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $32.46 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $32.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $32.62 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $32.62 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $32.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $32.62 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $32.62 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $32.62 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $32.62 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $32.62 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $32.62 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $32.62 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $32.62 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $32.62 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $32.78 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $32.90 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $32.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $33.27 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $33.60 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $33.60 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $34.24 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $34.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $34.25 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $34.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $34.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $34.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $34.25 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $34.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $34.25 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $34.25 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $34.58 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $34.58 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $35.56 ↓ -98%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $35.56 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $35.56 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $35.56 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $35.88 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $39.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $41.49 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $42.41 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $48.93 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $48.93 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $48.93 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $48.93 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $48.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $50.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $57.08 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $57.08 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $57.14 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $58.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $60.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $60.86 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $61.98 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $64.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $71.63 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $73.07 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $73.07 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $80.57 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $80.57 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $84.49 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $84.81 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $85.46 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $88.40 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalPlus $123.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $124.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $131.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $131.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $131.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $131.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $131.33 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $138.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $138.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $138.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $175.26 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $253.27 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $262.65 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $350.83 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $362.36 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $459.64 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $484.03 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $487.78 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $634.12 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $656.63 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $832.98 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $844.24 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $938.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $988.70 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,031.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,031.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,031.85 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,031.85 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,088.13 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,125.65 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,125.65 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $1,125.65 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $1,219.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,313.26 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,313.26 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,313.26 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,363.92 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,407.07 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,500.87 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,500.87 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,500.87 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,500.87 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,594.68 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,876.09 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,876.09 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,876.09 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $123.73 $29.36 – $636.30
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $123.73 $27.40 – $600.95
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $123.73 $29.36 – $600.95
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $123.73 $29.36 – $636.30
MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL FT WORTH $945.04 $19.57 – $128.89
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $29.36 – $125.59
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $26.85 – $133.84
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $27.40 – $133.84

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