Bone imaging multiple areas 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

$8,027.51

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.

$8,027.51

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.

$257.95 with United vs $8,027.51 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 CHIP $257.95 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $257.95 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $257.95 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $257.95 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $257.95 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $257.95 ↓ -97%
United STAR $257.95 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $257.95 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $270.85 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $278.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $278.59 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $283.75 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $283.75 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $283.75 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $283.75 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $296.35 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $322.44 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $326.23 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $326.23 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $373.71 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $512.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $548.88 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $548.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $561.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $561.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $561.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $561.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $561.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $643.77 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $968.73 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $968.73 ↓ -88%
Humana COMM $1,007.76 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,016.04 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $1,063.36 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $1,083.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,123.85 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,501.14 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,966.74 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $2,071.10 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $2,087.15 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,713.30 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $2,809.63 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,211.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,564.21 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,612.38 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,013.76 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,230.50 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,415.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,415.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,415.13 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,415.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,655.96 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,816.51 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,816.51 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $4,816.51 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $5,217.88 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,619.26 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,619.26 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,619.26 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,836.00 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,020.63 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,422.01 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $6,422.01 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,422.01 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $6,422.01 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,823.38 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,027.51 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,027.51 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $8,027.51 ↑ +0%

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Bone imaging multiple areas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $959.25 $197.45 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,158.29 $247.59 – $1,447.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $959.25 $264.92 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $959.25 $247.59 – $1,438.88

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