Knee X-ray (1 to 2 views, both knees) at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
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Cash price 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 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.
$34.41 with United vs $1,099.52 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STARPerinate | $34.41 | — |
| United | STAR | $34.41 | — |
| United | CHIP | $34.41 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $34.41 | — |
| United | STARKids | $34.41 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $34.41 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $34.41 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $34.41 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $36.13 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $37.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $37.16 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $37.85 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $37.85 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $37.85 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $37.85 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $43.01 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $43.70 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $59.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $64.18 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $64.18 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $75.28 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $76.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $76.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $76.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $76.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $76.97 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $90.94 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.97 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $101.76 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $101.86 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $113.66 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $113.66 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $113.66 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $143.85 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $148.44 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $153.93 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $205.61 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $269.38 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $283.68 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $285.88 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $371.64 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $384.83 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $439.81 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $488.19 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $494.78 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $549.76 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $579.45 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $604.74 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $604.74 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $604.74 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $604.74 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $637.72 | — |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $659.71 | — |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $659.71 | — |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $659.71 | — |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $714.69 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $769.66 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $769.66 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $769.66 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $799.35 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $824.64 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $879.62 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $879.62 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $879.62 | — |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $879.62 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $934.59 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,099.52 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,099.52 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,099.52 | — |
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Knee X-ray (1 to 2 views, both knees) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $273.20 | $34.41 – $341.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $273.20 | $34.41 – $341.50 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $558.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $273.20 | $34.41 – $341.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $277.32 | $57.08 – $415.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $379.64 | $34.41 – $474.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $273.20 | $34.41 – $341.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $277.32 | $36.82 – $415.98 |