Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg 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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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.

$284.65 with United vs $4,366.28 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
United CHIP $284.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $284.65
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $284.65
Amerigroup CHIP $284.65
United STAR $284.65
United STARPerinate $284.65
United STARPLUS $284.65
United STARKids $284.65
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $298.88
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $305.64
Superior Health Plan CHIP $305.64
Superior Health Plan STARKids $305.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $305.64
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $305.64
Aetna Better Health CHIP $307.42
Aetna Better Health MCD $307.42
Molina STARKIDS $313.12
Molina MCDSTAR $313.12
Molina CHIP $313.12
Molina STAR+PLUS $313.12
Humana MGMCD $355.81
Cigna IFP $589.45
Cigna QHP $611.28
BCBS BluePremier $750.31
Cigna LocalPlus $780.90
Cigna NewBusiness $781.68
United OptionsPPO $816.49
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $825.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $825.97
United SmallGroup $826.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $826.97
Cigna HMO $872.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $872.21
Cigna NetworkBenefit $872.21
Aetna QHPHIX $898.61
Humana COMM $1,000.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,069.74
Cigna AllOther $1,103.89
Evry Health COMM $1,126.50
Unicare CHIP $1,135.23
United AllPayerAppendix $1,218.65
Aetna NewBusiness $1,232.08
Aetna Meritain $1,319.84
Aetna COMM $1,319.84
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,475.80
City of McKinney COMM $1,528.20
Aetna OON $1,548.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,746.51
BCBS Traditional $1,938.63
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,964.83
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,183.14
Aetna ASA $2,301.03
Aetna WCOMP $2,401.45
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,401.45
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,401.45
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,401.45
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,452.68
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,452.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,532.44
BCBS EPOSOA $2,572.48
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,619.77
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,619.77
Magellan BH Summit $2,619.77
BCBS PPO $2,692.28
Humana BHCOMM $2,838.08
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,056.40
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,056.40
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,056.40
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3,174.29
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,274.71
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $3,493.02
USA Managed Care COMM $3,493.02
ComPsych Corporation COMM $3,493.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,493.02
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,711.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,366.28
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,366.28
Unicare MCD $4,366.28

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Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $972.06 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $984.85 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $700.80 $284.65 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $972.06 $85.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $972.06 $284.65 – $1,556.23

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