Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) 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.

$121.96 with Amerigroup vs $3,671.13 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
Amerigroup CHIP $121.96 —
United STARPLUS $121.96 —
United STARPerinate $121.96 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $121.96 —
United STAR $121.96 —
United CHIP $121.96 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $121.96 —
United STARKids $121.96 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $128.06 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $131.72 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $131.72 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $134.16 —
Molina STARKIDS $134.16 —
Molina MCDSTAR $134.16 —
Molina CHIP $134.16 —
Aetna QHPHIX $147.38 —
Humana MGMCD $152.45 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
Aetna NewBusiness $202.07 —
Aetna COMM $216.46 —
Aetna Meritain $216.46 —
BCBS BluePremier $216.84 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71 —
Aetna OON $253.88 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $256.98 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $256.98 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $256.98 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $256.98 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $256.98 —
Humana COMM $320.27 —
Cigna LocalPlus $332.87 —
Cigna NewBusiness $333.20 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $371.80 —
Cigna HMO $371.80 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $371.80 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Cigna AllOther $470.55 —
Cigna IFP $495.60 —
Cigna QHP $513.96 —
United OptionsPPO $686.50 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 —
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 —
BCBS PPO $778.08 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $899.43 —
Evry Health COMM $947.15 —
Unicare CHIP $954.49 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,240.84 —
City of McKinney COMM $1,284.90 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,468.45 —
BCBS Traditional $1,629.98 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,652.01 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,835.57 —
Aetna ASA $1,934.69 —
Aetna WCOMP $2,019.12 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,019.12 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,019.12 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,019.12 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,129.26 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,202.68 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,202.68 —
Magellan BH Summit $2,202.68 —
Humana BHCOMM $2,386.23 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,569.79 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,569.79 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,569.79 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,668.91 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,753.35 —
USA Managed Care COMM $2,936.90 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,936.90 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,936.90 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,936.90 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,120.46 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,671.13 —
Unicare MCD $3,671.13 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,671.13 —

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.69 $107.18 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $602.88 $121.96 – $753.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.69 $130.50 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.69 $121.96 – $781.04

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