Wrist X-ray (2 views, both wrists) 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.

$34.09 with United vs $1,305.50 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 $34.09 —
United STARPLUS $34.09 —
United STARPerinate $34.09 —
Amerigroup CHIP $34.09 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.09 —
United STARKids $34.09 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.09 —
United CHIP $34.09 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.79 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.82 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.82 —
Molina STARKIDS $37.50 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.50 —
Molina MCDSTAR $37.50 —
Molina CHIP $37.50 —
Humana MGMCD $42.61 —
Aetna QHPHIX $43.14 —
Aetna NewBusiness $59.14 —
Aetna COMM $63.36 —
Aetna Meritain $63.36 —
Aetna OON $74.31 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
Humana COMM $90.94 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $91.39 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $91.39 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $91.39 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $91.39 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $91.39 —
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 —
Cigna LocalPlus $100.48 —
Cigna NewBusiness $100.58 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 —
Cigna HMO $112.22 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $112.22 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.22 —
Cigna AllOther $142.03 —
Cigna IFP $176.24 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Cigna QHP $182.77 —
United OptionsPPO $244.13 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $319.85 —
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 —
Evry Health COMM $336.82 —
Unicare CHIP $339.43 —
BCBS PPO $340.79 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $441.26 —
City of McKinney COMM $456.93 —
Curative Administrators COMM $522.20 —
BCBS Traditional $579.64 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $587.48 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $652.75 —
Aetna ASA $688.00 —
Aetna WCOMP $718.02 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $718.02 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $718.02 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $718.02 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $757.19 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $783.30 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $783.30 —
Magellan BH Summit $783.30 —
Humana BHCOMM $848.58 —
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $913.85 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $913.85 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $913.85 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $949.10 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $979.13 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,044.40 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,044.40 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,044.40 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,044.40 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,109.67 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,305.50 —
Unicare MCD $1,305.50 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,305.50 —

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Wrist X-ray (2 views, both wrists) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $470.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.49 $55.27 – $402.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $318.11 $34.09 – $397.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $268.49 $36.48 – $402.74

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