Special radiation dosimetry 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

$549.01

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.

$549.01

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.

$32.72 with Aetna vs $549.01 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
Aetna QHPHIX $32.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $44.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $48.05 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $48.05 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $50.60 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $56.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $68.11 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $68.11 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $74.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $76.86 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $78.12 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $91.46 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentials $91.46 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $96.13 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $100.61 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $102.66 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $114.19 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $134.51 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $141.64 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $142.74 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $185.57 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $192.15 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $219.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $243.76 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $247.05 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $274.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $289.33 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $301.96 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $301.96 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $301.96 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $301.96 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $318.43 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Summit $329.41 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $329.41 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $329.41 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $356.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $384.31 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $384.31 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $384.31 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $399.13 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $411.76 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $439.21 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $439.21 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $439.21 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $439.21 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $466.66 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $549.01 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $549.01 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $549.01 ↑ +0%

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