Eye Socket (Orbit) X-ray 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.

$48.11 with United vs $1,741.66 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
United STAR $48.11 —
United STARPLUS $48.11 —
United STARPerinate $48.11 —
Amerigroup CHIP $48.11 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $48.11 —
United STARKids $48.11 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $48.11 —
United CHIP $48.11 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $50.52 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.96 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.96 —
Molina CHIP $52.92 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.92 —
Molina STARKIDS $52.92 —
Molina MCDSTAR $52.92 —
Aetna QHPHIX $58.91 —
Humana MGMCD $60.14 —
Aetna NewBusiness $80.77 —
Aetna Meritain $86.52 —
Aetna COMM $86.52 —
Aetna OON $101.47 —
Humana COMM $112.28 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $121.92 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $121.92 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $121.92 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $121.92 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $121.92 —
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 —
Cigna LocalPlus $134.05 —
Cigna NewBusiness $134.18 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $149.72 —
Cigna HMO $149.72 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $149.72 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
Cigna AllOther $189.49 —
Cigna IFP $235.12 —
Cigna QHP $243.83 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
United OptionsPPO $325.69 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $426.71 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 —
Evry Health COMM $449.35 —
Unicare CHIP $452.83 —
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 —
BCBS PPO $478.58 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $588.68 —
City of McKinney COMM $609.58 —
Curative Administrators COMM $696.66 —
BCBS Traditional $773.30 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $783.75 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $870.83 —
Aetna ASA $917.85 —
Aetna WCOMP $957.91 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $957.91 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $957.91 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $957.91 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,010.16 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,045.00 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,045.00 —
Magellan BH Summit $1,045.00 —
Humana BHCOMM $1,132.08 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,219.16 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,219.16 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,219.16 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,266.19 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,306.24 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,393.33 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,393.33 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,393.33 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,393.33 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,480.41 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,741.66 —
Unicare MCD $1,741.66 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,741.66 —

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Eye Socket (Orbit) X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $155.33 $48.11 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $155.33 $48.11 – $272.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $155.33 $48.11 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $349.15 $71.87 – $523.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $339.16 $48.11 – $423.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $155.33 $48.11 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $349.15 $51.48 – $523.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $349.15 $48.11 – $523.72

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