Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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

$592.46

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.

$592.46

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.

$9.02 with Amerigroup vs $592.46 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 $9.02 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $9.02 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $9.02 ↓ -98%
United STAR $9.02 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.02 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.02 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $9.02 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $9.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $9.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $9.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.74 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $9.92 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $9.92 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $9.92 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $9.92 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $10.69 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.74 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $10.74 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.74 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.74 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $10.74 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $10.74 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.74 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $10.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $10.83 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $10.85 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.95 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $11.06 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $11.06 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $11.27 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $11.27 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.28 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.28 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $11.38 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $11.38 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $11.71 ↓ -98%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $11.71 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $11.71 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $11.71 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $11.81 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $13.65 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $13.96 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $16.11 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $16.11 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $16.11 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $16.11 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $16.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $16.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $18.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $18.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $18.80 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $19.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $20.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $20.03 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $20.41 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.27 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $23.57 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $24.06 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $24.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $26.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $26.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.82 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $27.92 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.14 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $29.11 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalPlus $41.31 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $41.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $41.47 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $46.14 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.14 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $46.14 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $58.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $79.98 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $82.94 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $110.79 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $119.32 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $145.15 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $152.85 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $154.04 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $200.25 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $207.36 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $263.05 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $266.61 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $296.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $312.23 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $325.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $325.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $325.85 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $325.85 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $343.63 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $355.48 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $355.48 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $355.48 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $385.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $414.72 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $414.72 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $414.72 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $430.72 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $444.35 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $473.97 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $473.97 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $473.97 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $473.97 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $503.59 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $592.46 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $592.46 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $592.46 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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