Neck Airway (Soft Tissue) 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.

$31.41 with United vs $1,263.09 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 $31.41 —
United STARPLUS $31.41 —
United STARPerinate $31.41 —
Amerigroup CHIP $31.41 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.41 —
United STARKids $31.41 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $31.41 —
United CHIP $31.41 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $32.98 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $33.92 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $33.92 —
Molina STARKIDS $34.55 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.55 —
Molina MCDSTAR $34.55 —
Molina CHIP $34.55 —
Aetna QHPHIX $38.07 —
Humana MGMCD $39.26 —
Aetna NewBusiness $52.19 —
Aetna COMM $55.91 —
Aetna Meritain $55.91 —
Aetna OON $65.58 —
Humana COMM $79.55 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $88.42 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $88.42 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $88.42 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $88.42 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $88.42 —
Cigna LocalPlus $88.84 —
Cigna NewBusiness $88.93 —
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $99.23 —
Cigna HMO $99.23 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $99.23 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 —
Cigna AllOther $125.59 —
Cigna IFP $170.52 —
Cigna QHP $176.83 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
United OptionsPPO $236.20 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $309.46 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 —
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 —
Evry Health COMM $325.88 —
Unicare CHIP $328.40 —
BCBS PPO $340.79 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $426.92 —
City of McKinney COMM $442.08 —
Curative Administrators COMM $505.24 —
BCBS Traditional $560.81 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $568.39 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $631.54 —
Aetna ASA $665.65 —
Aetna WCOMP $694.70 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $694.70 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $694.70 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $694.70 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $732.59 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $757.85 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $757.85 —
Magellan BH Summit $757.85 —
Humana BHCOMM $821.01 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $884.16 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $884.16 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $884.16 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $918.27 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $947.32 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,010.47 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,010.47 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,010.47 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,010.47 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,073.63 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,263.09 —
Unicare MCD $1,263.09 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,263.09 —

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Neck Airway (Soft Tissue) X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $520.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $279.65 $57.56 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.76 $31.41 – $297.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $279.65 $33.61 – $419.47

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