Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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.

$32.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $461.92 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.33
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $32.33
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $32.33
BCBS BluePremier $36.45
United STARKids $39.09
United STARPerinate $39.09
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.09
United CHIP $39.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.09
Amerigroup CHIP $39.09
United STAR $39.09
United STARPLUS $39.09
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $41.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $42.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $42.22
Molina STAR+PLUS $43.00
Molina CHIP $43.00
Molina STARKIDS $43.00
Molina MCDSTAR $43.00
Aetna QHPHIX $45.95
Humana MGMCD $48.86
Cigna IFP $62.36
Aetna NewBusiness $63.00
Cigna QHP $64.67
Aetna Meritain $67.49
Aetna COMM $67.49
Aetna OON $79.16
United OptionsPPO $86.38
Cigna LocalPlus $110.78
Cigna NewBusiness $110.89
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $113.17
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $119.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $119.15
Evry Health COMM $119.18
Unicare CHIP $120.10
Cigna NetworkBenefit $123.74
Cigna HMO $123.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.74
BCBS EPOSOA $124.97
Humana COMM $127.97
BCBS PPO $130.79
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $156.13
Cigna AllOther $156.61
City of McKinney COMM $161.67
Curative Administrators COMM $184.77
BCBS Traditional $205.09
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $207.86
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $230.96
Aetna ASA $243.43
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $254.06
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $254.06
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $254.06
Aetna WCOMP $254.06
Averde Health, Inc PPO $267.91
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $277.15
Magellan BH Pinnacle $277.15
Magellan BH Summit $277.15
Humana BHCOMM $300.25
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $323.34
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $323.34
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $323.34
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $335.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $346.44
USA Managed Care COMM $369.54
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $369.54
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $369.54
ComPsych Corporation COMM $369.54
Galaxy Health Network PPO $392.63
Unicare MCD $461.92
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $461.92
Independent Medical Systems COMM $461.92

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $567.84 $117.93 – $117.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $398.56 $82.04 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.36 $39.09 – $462.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $398.56 $41.83 – $597.83

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