Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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

$1,130.42

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.

$1,130.42

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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $1,130.42 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna Meritain $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna OON $0.04 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $17.09 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $17.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $17.09 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $17.09 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $17.09 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $17.09 ↓ -98%
United STAR $17.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $17.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $18.46 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $18.80 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $18.80 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $18.80 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $18.80 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $21.36 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $79.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $79.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.13 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $91.69 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $91.78 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $102.41 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $102.41 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.41 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $129.62 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $152.61 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $158.26 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $173.22 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $211.39 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $214.78 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $235.13 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $276.95 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $279.21 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $279.21 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $291.65 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $293.91 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $330.08 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentials $360.60 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $360.60 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $378.69 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $382.08 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $395.65 ↓ -65%
City of McKinney COMM $395.65 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $501.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $508.69 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $565.21 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $595.73 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $621.73 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $621.73 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $621.73 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $621.73 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $655.64 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $678.25 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $678.25 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $678.25 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $734.77 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $791.29 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $791.29 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $791.29 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $821.82 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $847.82 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $904.34 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $904.34 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $904.34 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $904.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $960.86 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,130.42 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,130.42 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,130.42 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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