Elbow X-ray (3 or more views, both sides) 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.

$33.08 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $1,650.79 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.08 —
United STARPLUS $33.08 —
United STARPerinate $33.08 —
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 —
United STARKids $33.08 —
United STAR $33.08 —
United CHIP $33.08 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73 —
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39 —
Molina STARKIDS $36.39 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39 —
Molina CHIP $36.39 —
Aetna QHPHIX $40.32 —
Humana MGMCD $41.35 —
Aetna NewBusiness $55.28 —
Aetna Meritain $59.22 —
Aetna COMM $59.22 —
Aetna OON $69.46 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
Humana COMM $90.94 —
Cigna LocalPlus $94.02 —
Cigna NewBusiness $94.11 —
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 —
Cigna HMO $105.01 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $105.01 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.01 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $115.56 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $115.56 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $115.56 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $115.56 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $115.56 —
Cigna AllOther $132.90 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Cigna IFP $222.86 —
Cigna QHP $231.11 —
United OptionsPPO $308.70 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 —
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 —
BCBS PPO $340.79 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $404.44 —
Evry Health COMM $425.90 —
Unicare CHIP $429.21 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $557.97 —
City of McKinney COMM $577.78 —
Curative Administrators COMM $660.32 —
BCBS Traditional $732.95 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $742.86 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $825.39 —
Aetna ASA $869.97 —
Aetna WCOMP $907.93 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $907.93 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $907.93 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $907.93 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $957.46 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $990.47 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $990.47 —
Magellan BH Summit $990.47 —
Humana BHCOMM $1,073.01 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,155.55 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,155.55 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,155.55 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,200.12 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,238.09 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,320.63 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,320.63 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,320.63 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,320.63 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,403.17 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,650.79 —
Unicare MCD $1,650.79 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,650.79 —

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Elbow X-ray (3 or more views, both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $414.68 $85.36 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $440.72 $33.08 – $550.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $414.68 $35.40 – $622.03

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