X-ray abdomen 1 view 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.

$30.40 with United vs $1,467.54 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
United STAR $30.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $30.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.40
Amerigroup CHIP $30.40
United STARPerinate $30.40
United STARPLUS $30.40
United STARKids $30.40
United CHIP $30.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $31.92
Aetna Better Health CHIP $32.83
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.83
Molina MCDSTAR $33.44
Molina CHIP $33.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.44
Molina STARKIDS $33.44
Aetna QHPHIX $35.81
Humana MGMCD $38.00
Aetna NewBusiness $49.10
Aetna Meritain $52.60
Aetna COMM $52.60
Aetna OON $61.70
Humana COMM $72.42
Cigna LocalPlus $82.39
Cigna NewBusiness $82.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.02
Cigna HMO $92.02
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $102.73
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $102.73
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $102.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $102.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $102.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna AllOther $116.46
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna IFP $198.12
Cigna QHP $205.46
United OptionsPPO $274.43
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $359.55
Evry Health COMM $378.63
Unicare CHIP $381.56
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $496.03
City of McKinney COMM $513.64
Curative Administrators COMM $587.02
BCBS Traditional $651.59
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $660.39
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $733.77
Aetna ASA $773.39
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $807.15
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $807.15
Aetna WCOMP $807.15
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $807.15
Averde Health, Inc PPO $851.17
Magellan BH Pinnacle $880.52
Magellan BH Summit $880.52
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $880.52
Humana BHCOMM $953.90
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,027.28
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,027.28
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,027.28
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,066.90
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,100.65
USA Managed Care COMM $1,174.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,174.03
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,174.03
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,174.03
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,247.41
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,467.54
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,467.54
Unicare MCD $1,467.54

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X-ray abdomen 1 view at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $493.50 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.75 $74.25 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $367.60 $30.40 – $459.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $360.75 $32.53 – $541.12

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