Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
$4,429.74
Cash price 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.
$4,429.74
Gross charge 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.
$310.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,429.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $310.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $310.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $310.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $310.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $310.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $386.67 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $532.58 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMM | $567.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $567.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $598.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $620.16 | ↓ -86% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $656.15 | ↓ -85% |
| United | SmallGroup | $656.15 | ↓ -85% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | OON | $667.55 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $828.36 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $921.39 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $973.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,085.29 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,099.35 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,099.35 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,139.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,140.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,142.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,151.73 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,272.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,272.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,272.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,497.25 | ↓ -66% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,550.41 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,551.65 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,551.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,610.28 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,627.04 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,702.42 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,966.80 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,993.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | COMM | $2,143.75 | ↓ -52% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,214.87 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,334.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,436.36 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,436.36 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,436.36 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,436.36 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,569.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $2,657.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $2,657.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $2,657.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $2,879.33 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,100.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,100.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,100.82 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $3,220.42 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,322.30 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,543.79 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,543.79 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $3,543.79 | ↓ -20% |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $3,543.79 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $3,765.28 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,429.74 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,429.74 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,429.74 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $880.68 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $677.44 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $880.68 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $880.68 | $26.00 – $2,130.15 |