Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$452.83

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.

$452.83

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.

$31.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $478.58 with BCBS — 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 STARKids $31.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $31.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $31.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.70 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $53.46 ↓ -88%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $53.46 ↓ -88%
United CHIP $53.46 ↓ -88%
United STAR $53.46 ↓ -88%
United STARKids $53.46 ↓ -88%
United STARPLUS $53.46 ↓ -88%
United STARPerinate $53.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MGMCD $53.46 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $56.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $57.74 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $57.74 ↓ -87%
Molina STARKIDS $58.81 ↓ -87%
Molina CHIP $58.81 ↓ -87%
Molina STAR+PLUS $58.81 ↓ -87%
Molina MCDSTAR $58.81 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $60.60 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $61.13 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $63.40 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $66.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $83.08 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $84.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna Meritain $89.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $89.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $104.38 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $110.94 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $116.83 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $117.74 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalPlus $144.36 ↓ -68%
Cigna NewBusiness $144.50 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -68%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $153.06 ↓ -66%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -66%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $158.49 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $161.24 ↓ -64%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $161.24 ↓ -64%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $161.24 ↓ -64%
Humana COMM $167.83 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $181.13 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $201.06 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $203.77 ↓ -55%
Cigna AllOther $204.06 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $226.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $238.64 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -46%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $249.06 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $249.06 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $249.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $249.06 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $262.64 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $271.70 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $271.70 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $271.70 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $294.34 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $316.98 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $316.98 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $316.98 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $329.21 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $339.62 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $362.26 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $362.26 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $362.26 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $362.26 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $384.91 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -4%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -4%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $452.83 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $452.83 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $452.83 ↑ +0%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↑ +1%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↑ +6%

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $293.20 $60.35 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.82 $53.46 – $376.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $293.20 $57.20 – $439.79
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