Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) 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.

$175.06 with Amerigroup vs $4,101.25 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
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06 —
United STARKids $175.06 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06 —
United CHIP $175.06 —
United STARPLUS $175.06 —
United STARPerinate $175.06 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 —
United STAR $175.06 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06 —
Molina STARKIDS $192.57 —
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57 —
Molina CHIP $192.57 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57 —
BCBS BluePremier $216.84 —
Humana MGMCD $218.82 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71 —
Aetna QHPHIX $283.78 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $287.09 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $287.09 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $287.09 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $287.09 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $287.09 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 —
United SmallGroup $341.20 —
Aetna NewBusiness $389.08 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Aetna Meritain $416.80 —
Aetna COMM $416.80 —
Aetna OON $488.85 —
Cigna IFP $553.67 —
Cigna QHP $574.17 —
Cigna LocalPlus $638.67 —
Cigna NewBusiness $639.31 —
Humana COMM $656.36 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 —
Cigna HMO $713.35 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $713.35 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $713.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 —
United OptionsPPO $766.93 —
BCBS PPO $778.08 —
Cigna AllOther $902.83 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,004.81 —
Evry Health COMM $1,058.12 —
Unicare CHIP $1,066.33 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,386.22 —
City of McKinney COMM $1,435.44 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,640.50 —
BCBS Traditional $1,820.95 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,845.56 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,050.63 —
Aetna ASA $2,161.36 —
Aetna WCOMP $2,255.69 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,255.69 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,255.69 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,255.69 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,378.72 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,460.75 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,460.75 —
Magellan BH Summit $2,460.75 —
Humana BHCOMM $2,665.81 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,870.88 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,870.88 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,870.88 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,981.61 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,075.94 —
USA Managed Care COMM $3,281.00 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $3,281.00 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,281.00 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $3,281.00 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,486.06 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,101.25 —
Unicare MCD $4,101.25 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,101.25 —

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Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $773.04 $159.12 – $1,159.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $922.66 $167.39 – $1,153.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $785.86 $167.39 – $982.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $773.04 $167.39 – $1,159.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $773.04 $175.06 – $1,159.56

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