Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$4.04 with United vs $464.78 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
United CHIP $4.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.04
Amerigroup CHIP $4.04
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.04
United STARPerinate $4.04
United STARPLUS $4.04
United STARKids $4.04
United STAR $4.04
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.24
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.36
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.36
Molina STARKIDS $4.44
Molina CHIP $4.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.44
Molina MCDSTAR $4.44
WellMed MGMCR $4.79
United SmallGroup $4.81
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.81
Devoted Health PPO $4.81
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.81
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.81
BCBS MCRPPO $4.81
Devoted Health MCR $4.81
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.81
Devoted Health MME $4.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.81
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81
Humana MGMCR $4.81
Devoted Health SNP $4.81
Devoted Health HMO $4.81
Devoted Health POS $4.81
United MGMCR $4.83
Aetna MCR $4.85
Care N Care MGMCR $4.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.91
Integranet MGMCR $4.95
WellCare MGMCR $4.95
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.05
Humana MGMCD $5.05
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.05
Humana Tricare $5.05
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.10
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.10
Molina MMP $5.24
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $5.24
Molina MME $5.24
Molina MCR $5.24
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.29
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.77
Aetna QHPHIX $6.13
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.25
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.21
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.21
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.21
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.21
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.21
BCBS BluePremier $7.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.42
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.42
Aetna NewBusiness $8.44
Superior ValueHMO $8.61
Aetna Meritain $8.99
Aetna COMM $8.99
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.14
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.52
Aetna OON $10.58
Superior EPO $10.77
Superior HMO $10.77
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.88
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.88
BCBS EPOSOA $12.46
Oscar HIX $12.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.60
BCBS PPO $13.04
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20
Cigna HMO $20.20
Cigna AllOther $25.57
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $32.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.53
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $32.53
Humana COMM $53.45
Cigna IFP $62.75
Cigna QHP $65.07
United OptionsPPO $86.91
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $113.87
Evry Health COMM $119.91
Unicare CHIP $120.84
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $157.10
City of McKinney COMM $162.67
BCBS Traditional $206.36
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $209.15
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $232.39
Aetna ASA $244.94
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $255.63
Aetna WCOMP $255.63
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $255.63
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $255.63
Averde Health, Inc PPO $269.57
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $278.87
Magellan BH Summit $278.87
Magellan BH Pinnacle $278.87
Humana BHCOMM $302.11
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $325.35
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $325.35
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $325.35
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $337.90
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $348.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $371.82
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $371.82
USA Managed Care COMM $371.82
ComPsych Corporation COMM $371.82
Galaxy Health Network PPO $395.06
Independent Medical Systems COMM $464.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $464.78
Unicare MCD $464.78
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $62.12 $4.04 – $77.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $62.12 $4.04 – $77.66
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $108.83 $4.33 – $18.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $62.12 $4.04 – $77.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.28 $7.05 – $87.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $62.87 $4.04 – $78.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $62.12 $4.04 – $77.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.28 $4.32 – $87.43

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