Vein x-ray skull at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
$3,487.87
Cash price 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.
$3,487.87
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.
$148.82 with BCBS vs $6,438.74 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $148.82 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARKids | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STAR | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| United | CHIP | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPerinate | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPLUS | $155.70 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $163.48 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $163.83 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $163.83 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $168.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $168.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $171.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $171.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | CHIP | $171.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $171.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $172.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $194.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $236.85 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $244.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $244.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $244.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $244.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $244.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $253.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMM | $253.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OON | $297.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | COMM | $365.83 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $380.40 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $380.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $424.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $424.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | HMO | $424.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $470.86 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $486.48 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $486.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $488.30 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $510.24 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | PPO | $534.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $537.74 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $652.23 | ↓ -81% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $826.97 | ↓ -76% |
| United | SmallGroup | $826.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $854.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $899.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $906.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,178.90 | ↓ -66% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,220.75 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,395.15 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,548.61 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,569.54 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,743.93 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,838.11 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,918.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,918.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,918.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,918.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,022.96 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $2,092.72 | ↓ -40% |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $2,092.72 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $2,092.72 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $2,267.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,441.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,441.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,441.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,535.68 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,615.90 | ↓ -25% |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $2,790.30 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $2,790.30 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,790.30 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,790.30 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,964.69 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,487.87 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,487.87 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,487.87 | ↑ +0% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↑ +85% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,864.02 | $383.68 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,834.89 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,864.02 | $166.60 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,864.02 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |