Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) 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.

$26.06 with United vs $1,220.67 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 STAR $26.06 —
United STARPLUS $26.06 —
United STARPerinate $26.06 —
Amerigroup CHIP $26.06 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.06 —
United STARKids $26.06 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $26.06 —
United CHIP $26.06 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $27.36 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $28.14 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $28.14 —
Aetna QHPHIX $28.47 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $28.67 —
Molina STARKIDS $28.67 —
Molina MCDSTAR $28.67 —
Molina CHIP $28.67 —
Humana MGMCD $32.57 —
Aetna NewBusiness $39.03 —
Aetna Meritain $41.81 —
Aetna COMM $41.81 —
Aetna OON $49.04 —
Humana COMM $53.91 —
Cigna LocalPlus $65.58 —
Cigna NewBusiness $65.65 —
Cigna HMO $73.25 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.25 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.25 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $85.45 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $85.45 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $85.45 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $85.45 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $85.45 —
Cigna AllOther $92.70 —
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
Cigna IFP $164.79 —
Cigna QHP $170.89 —
United OptionsPPO $228.27 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $299.06 —
Evry Health COMM $314.93 —
Unicare CHIP $317.37 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $412.59 —
City of McKinney COMM $427.23 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 —
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 —
BCBS PPO $478.58 —
Curative Administrators COMM $488.27 —
BCBS Traditional $541.98 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $549.30 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $610.34 —
Aetna ASA $643.29 —
Aetna WCOMP $671.37 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $671.37 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $671.37 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $671.37 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $707.99 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $732.40 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $732.40 —
Magellan BH Summit $732.40 —
Humana BHCOMM $793.44 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $854.47 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $854.47 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $854.47 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $887.43 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $915.50 —
USA Managed Care COMM $976.54 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $976.54 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $976.54 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $976.54 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,037.57 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,220.67 —
Unicare MCD $1,220.67 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,220.67 —

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Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $273.56 $56.31 – $410.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $292.97 $26.06 – $366.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $273.56 $27.88 – $410.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $273.56 $26.06 – $410.34

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