Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (2 views) at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
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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.
$33.08 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $1,868.89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $33.08 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $33.08 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $33.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $33.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $33.08 | — |
| United | STARKids | $33.08 | — |
| United | CHIP | $33.08 | — |
| United | STAR | $33.08 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $34.73 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $35.73 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $35.73 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $36.39 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $36.39 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $36.39 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $36.39 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $38.63 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $41.35 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $52.97 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $56.74 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $56.74 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $66.55 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $90.13 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $90.22 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $90.94 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $100.67 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $100.67 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $100.67 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $127.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $130.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $130.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $130.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $130.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $130.82 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $133.38 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $252.30 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $261.64 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $349.48 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $457.88 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $482.17 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $485.91 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $631.68 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $654.11 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $747.56 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $829.79 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $841.00 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $934.45 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $984.91 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,027.89 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,027.89 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,027.89 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,027.89 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,083.96 | — |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $1,121.33 | — |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $1,121.33 | — |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $1,121.33 | — |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $1,214.78 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,308.22 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,308.22 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,308.22 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,358.68 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,401.67 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,495.11 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $1,495.11 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,495.11 | — |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $1,495.11 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,588.56 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,868.89 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,868.89 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,868.89 | — |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (2 views) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $312.80 | $33.08 – $391.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $312.80 | $33.08 – $391.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $670.05 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $312.80 | $33.08 – $391.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $403.23 | $83.00 – $604.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $403.23 | $33.08 – $504.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $312.80 | $33.08 – $391.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $403.23 | $35.40 – $604.85 |