Cytopath smear other source 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

$726.94

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.

$726.94

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.

$24.67 with United vs $726.94 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
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $24.67 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $35.63 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $56.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentials $56.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $59.54 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $61.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $62.30 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $84.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $89.79 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $89.79 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $98.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $101.77 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $105.66 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $135.94 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $151.20 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $178.10 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $187.55 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $189.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $191.89 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $192.08 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $214.32 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $214.32 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $214.32 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $245.71 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $254.43 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $271.25 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $322.76 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $327.12 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $363.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $383.10 ↓ -47%
Humana COMM $394.58 ↓ -46%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $399.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $399.82 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $399.82 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $399.82 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $421.63 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $436.16 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $436.16 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $436.16 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $472.51 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $508.86 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $508.86 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $508.86 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $528.49 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $545.21 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $581.55 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $581.55 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $581.55 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $581.55 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $617.90 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $726.94 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $726.94 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $726.94 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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