Mucin synovial fluid 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

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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.

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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.

$4.92 with United vs $65.15 with Humana — 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 CHIP $4.92
Amerigroup CHIP $4.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.92
United STARPerinate $4.92
United STARPLUS $4.92
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.92
United STARKids $4.92
United STAR $4.92
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.31
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.31
Molina MCDSTAR $5.41
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.41
Molina CHIP $5.41
Molina STARKIDS $5.41
WellMed MGMCR $5.83
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.86
BCBS MCRPPO $5.86
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.86
Devoted Health POS $5.86
Devoted Health MCR $5.86
Devoted Health MME $5.86
Humana MGMCR $5.86
Devoted Health SNP $5.86
Devoted Health HMO $5.86
Devoted Health PPO $5.86
United AllPayerAppendix $5.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.86
United SmallGroup $5.86
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.86
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.86
United MGMCR $5.89
Aetna MCR $5.91
Care N Care MGMCR $5.92
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.98
WellCare MGMCR $6.04
Integranet MGMCR $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.15
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.15
Humana Tricare $6.15
Humana MGMCD $6.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.15
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.15
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.21
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.21
Molina MME $6.39
Molina MCR $6.39
Molina MMP $6.39
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $6.39
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.45
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.03
Aetna QHPHIX $7.46
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.62
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.79
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.79
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.79
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.79
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.79
BCBS BluePremier $9.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.26
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.26
Aetna NewBusiness $10.28
Superior ValueHMO $10.49
Aetna COMM $10.95
Aetna Meritain $10.95
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.60
Aetna OON $12.88
Superior HMO $13.13
Superior EPO $13.13
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.47
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.47
BCBS EPOSOA $15.18
Oscar HIX $15.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.35
BCBS PPO $15.88
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96
Cigna HMO $24.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51
Cigna AllOther $31.01
Humana COMM $65.15
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mucin synovial fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $32.55 $6.70 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $32.55 $4.92 – $40.69
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $32.55 $4.92 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $32.55 $4.92 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $32.55 $4.92 – $40.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $32.55 $4.92 – $48.83
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