X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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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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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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.

$62.81 with United vs $2,739.71 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 CHIP $62.81
United STAR $62.81
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.81
United STARKids $62.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.81
United STARPLUS $62.81
United STARPerinate $62.81
Amerigroup CHIP $62.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.95
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.83
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.83
Molina STARKIDS $69.09
Molina STAR+PLUS $69.09
Molina CHIP $69.09
Molina MCDSTAR $69.09
Humana MGMCD $78.51
Aetna QHPHIX $80.33
Aetna NewBusiness $110.14
Aetna Meritain $117.99
Aetna COMM $117.99
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Aetna OON $138.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
Humana COMM $150.75
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna LocalPlus $185.67
Cigna NewBusiness $185.85
Superior Health Plan CHIP $191.78
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $191.78
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $191.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $191.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $191.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.38
Cigna HMO $207.38
Cigna NetworkBenefit $207.38
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna AllOther $262.46
Cigna IFP $369.86
Cigna QHP $383.56
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
United OptionsPPO $512.33
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $671.23
Evry Health COMM $706.85
Unicare CHIP $712.32
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $926.02
City of McKinney COMM $958.90
Curative Administrators COMM $1,095.88
BCBS Traditional $1,216.43
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,232.87
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,369.86
Aetna ASA $1,443.83
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,506.84
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,506.84
Aetna WCOMP $1,506.84
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,506.84
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,589.03
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,643.83
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,643.83
Magellan BH Summit $1,643.83
Humana BHCOMM $1,780.81
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,917.80
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,917.80
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,917.80
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,991.77
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,054.78
USA Managed Care COMM $2,191.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,191.77
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,191.77
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,191.77
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,328.75
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,739.71
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,739.71
Unicare MCD $2,739.71

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37

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