Abdominal X-ray (single view) 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.

$30.40 with United vs $1,467.54 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.

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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 $30.40 —
United STAR $30.40 —
United CHIP $30.40 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $30.40 —
United STARKids $30.40 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.40 —
United STARPLUS $30.40 —
Amerigroup CHIP $30.40 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $31.92 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.83 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $32.83 —
Molina CHIP $33.44 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.44 —
Molina STARKIDS $33.44 —
Molina MCDSTAR $33.44 —
Aetna QHPHIX $35.81 —
Humana MGMCD $38.00 —
Aetna NewBusiness $49.10 —
Aetna Meritain $52.60 —
Aetna COMM $52.60 —
Aetna OON $61.70 —
Humana COMM $72.42 —
Cigna LocalPlus $82.39 —
Cigna NewBusiness $82.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.02 —
Cigna HMO $92.02 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.02 —
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $102.73 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $102.73 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $102.73 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $102.73 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $102.73 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 —
Cigna AllOther $116.46 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Cigna IFP $198.12 —
Cigna QHP $205.46 —
United OptionsPPO $274.43 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 —
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 —
BCBS PPO $340.79 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $359.55 —
Evry Health COMM $378.63 —
Unicare CHIP $381.56 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $496.03 —
City of McKinney COMM $513.64 —
Curative Administrators COMM $587.02 —
BCBS Traditional $651.59 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $660.39 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $733.77 —
Aetna ASA $773.39 —
Aetna WCOMP $807.15 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $807.15 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $807.15 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $807.15 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $851.17 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $880.52 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $880.52 —
Magellan BH Summit $880.52 —
Humana BHCOMM $953.90 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,027.28 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,027.28 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,027.28 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,066.90 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,100.65 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,174.03 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,174.03 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,174.03 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,174.03 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,247.41 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,467.54 —
Unicare MCD $1,467.54 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,467.54 —

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Abdominal X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $493.50 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.75 $74.25 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $367.60 $30.40 – $459.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $360.75 $32.53 – $541.12

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