Test for porphobilinogen 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

$1,171.28

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.

$1,171.28

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.

$4.89 with United vs $1,171.28 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 STARPerinate $4.89 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $4.89 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $4.89 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.89 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.89 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.89 ↓ -100%
United STAR $4.89 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $4.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.13 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.28 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.28 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.38 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.38 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $5.38 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $5.38 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $5.79 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.82 ↓ -100%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.82 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MME $5.82 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.82 ↓ -100%
Humana MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -100%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.82 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health SNP $5.82 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health HMO $5.82 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health POS $5.82 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health PPO $5.82 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCR $5.82 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.82 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $5.82 ↓ -100%
United MGMCR $5.85 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $5.87 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.11 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.11 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $6.11 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.11 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $6.11 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.17 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.17 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $6.34 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $6.34 ↓ -99%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $6.34 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $6.34 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.40 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.40 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.57 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.73 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.73 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.73 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.73 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $9.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.19 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $10.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $10.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $10.85 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.06 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $12.77 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $13.04 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $13.04 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.07 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $15.13 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $15.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $24.51 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $31.01 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $52.37 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $81.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $81.99 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $158.12 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $163.98 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $219.03 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $286.96 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $302.19 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $304.53 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $395.89 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $409.95 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $520.05 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $527.08 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $585.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $617.26 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $644.20 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $644.20 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $644.20 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $644.20 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $679.34 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $702.77 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $702.77 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $702.77 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $761.33 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $819.90 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $819.90 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $819.90 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $851.52 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $878.46 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $937.02 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $937.02 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $937.02 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $937.02 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $995.59 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,171.28 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,171.28 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,171.28 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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