Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$388.15

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.

$388.15

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.

$12.36 with Amerigroup vs $388.15 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 $12.36 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $12.36 ↓ -97%
United STAR $12.36 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $12.36 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.36 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $12.36 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $12.36 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $12.36 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.35 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.35 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $13.60 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $13.60 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $13.60 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.60 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $14.64 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.71 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.71 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $14.71 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $14.71 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.71 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $14.71 ↓ -96%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $14.71 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $14.71 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $14.71 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $14.71 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $14.71 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.71 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $14.84 ↓ -96%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $15.00 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $15.15 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $15.15 ↓ -96%
Humana Tricare $15.44 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.45 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.45 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.45 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.45 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.45 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $15.45 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.45 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.45 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.59 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.59 ↓ -96%
Molina MMP $16.03 ↓ -96%
Molina MME $16.03 ↓ -96%
Molina MCR $16.03 ↓ -96%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $16.03 ↓ -96%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $16.18 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.65 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.72 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $19.12 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $22.07 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $22.07 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $22.07 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $22.07 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $22.07 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $22.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.74 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $25.78 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $26.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $27.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $27.46 ↓ -93%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $27.95 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $32.32 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $32.95 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $32.95 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $36.33 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $36.33 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.10 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $38.25 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.54 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $39.86 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $52.40 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $54.34 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $55.51 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $55.57 ↓ -86%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $62.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $62.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $62.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $72.58 ↓ -81%
Cigna AllOther $78.47 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $95.10 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $100.14 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $100.92 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $131.19 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $135.85 ↓ -65%
Humana COMM $163.41 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $172.34 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $174.67 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $194.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $204.56 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $213.48 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $213.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $213.48 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $213.48 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $225.13 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Summit $232.89 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $232.89 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $232.89 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $252.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $271.70 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $271.70 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $271.70 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $282.19 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $291.11 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $310.52 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $310.52 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $310.52 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $310.52 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $329.93 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $388.15 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $388.15 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $388.15 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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