Bowel imaging 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

$7,731.67

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.

$7,731.67

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.

$307.74 with United vs $7,731.67 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 $307.74 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $307.74 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $307.74 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $307.74 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $307.74 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $307.74 ↓ -96%
United STAR $307.74 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $307.74 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $323.13 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $332.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $332.36 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $338.51 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $338.51 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $338.51 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $338.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $367.97 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $384.68 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $405.08 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $405.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $471.50 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $541.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $541.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $541.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $541.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $541.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $646.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $692.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $692.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $812.23 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $1,043.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,082.43 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,202.87 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,202.87 ↓ -84%
Humana COMM $1,246.84 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,261.62 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $1,320.37 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,445.82 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,894.26 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,994.77 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $2,010.23 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,613.30 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $2,706.08 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,092.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,432.86 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,479.25 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,865.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,074.59 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,252.42 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,252.42 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,252.42 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,252.42 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,484.37 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,639.00 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $4,639.00 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,639.00 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $5,025.59 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,412.17 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,412.17 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,412.17 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,620.92 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,798.75 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,185.34 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $6,185.34 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,185.34 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $6,185.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,571.92 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,731.67 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,731.67 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $7,731.67 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,417.03 $295.70 – $1,771.29
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