Chest apical lordotic proj 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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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.

$42.44 with Amerigroup vs $1,688.64 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
Amerigroup CHIP $42.44
United STAR $42.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.44
United STARKids $42.44
United CHIP $42.44
United STARPLUS $42.44
United STARPerinate $42.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.56
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.84
Molina CHIP $46.68
Molina MCDSTAR $46.68
Molina STARKIDS $46.68
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.68
Aetna QHPHIX $49.33
Humana MGMCD $53.05
Aetna NewBusiness $67.64
Aetna Meritain $72.46
Aetna COMM $72.46
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna OON $84.98
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Humana COMM $99.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $113.35
Cigna NewBusiness $113.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $118.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $118.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $118.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $118.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $118.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $126.60
Cigna NetworkBenefit $126.60
Cigna HMO $126.60
Cigna AllOther $160.23
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna IFP $227.97
Cigna QHP $236.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
United OptionsPPO $315.78
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $413.72
Evry Health COMM $435.67
Unicare CHIP $439.05
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $570.76
City of McKinney COMM $591.02
Curative Administrators COMM $675.46
BCBS Traditional $749.76
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $759.89
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $844.32
Aetna ASA $889.91
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $928.75
Aetna WCOMP $928.75
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $928.75
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $928.75
Averde Health, Inc PPO $979.41
Magellan BH Summit $1,013.18
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,013.18
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,013.18
Humana BHCOMM $1,097.62
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,182.05
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,182.05
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,182.05
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,227.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,266.48
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,350.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,350.91
USA Managed Care COMM $1,350.91
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,350.91
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,435.34
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,688.64
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,688.64
Unicare MCD $1,688.64

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.06 $55.59 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $264.55 $42.44 – $330.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.06 $45.41 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $270.06 $42.44 – $405.09

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