X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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.

$153.70 with United vs $3,451.53 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 $153.70
United STARKids $153.70
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $153.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $153.70
Amerigroup CHIP $153.70
United CHIP $153.70
United STARPerinate $153.70
United STARPLUS $153.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $161.38
Aetna Better Health MCD $166.00
Aetna Better Health CHIP $166.00
Molina STARKIDS $169.07
Molina MCDSTAR $169.07
Molina CHIP $169.07
Molina STAR+PLUS $169.07
Aetna QHPHIX $184.01
Humana MGMCD $192.13
BCBS BluePremier $216.84
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $241.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $241.61
Superior Health Plan STARKids $241.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $241.61
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $241.61
Aetna NewBusiness $252.30
Aetna Meritain $270.27
Aetna COMM $270.27
Aetna OON $316.99
United SmallGroup $341.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Cigna LocalPlus $414.22
Cigna NewBusiness $414.63
Cigna NetworkBenefit $462.65
Cigna HMO $462.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $462.65
Humana COMM $464.11
Cigna IFP $465.96
Cigna QHP $483.21
Cigna AllOther $585.54
United OptionsPPO $645.44
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46
BCBS PPO $778.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $845.62
Evry Health COMM $890.49
Unicare CHIP $897.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,166.62
City of McKinney COMM $1,208.04
Curative Administrators COMM $1,380.61
BCBS Traditional $1,532.48
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,553.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,725.77
Aetna ASA $1,818.96
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,898.34
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,898.34
Aetna WCOMP $1,898.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,898.34
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,001.89
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,070.92
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,070.92
Magellan BH Summit $2,070.92
Humana BHCOMM $2,243.49
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,416.07
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,416.07
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,416.07
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,509.26
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,588.65
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,761.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,761.22
USA Managed Care COMM $2,761.22
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,761.22
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,933.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,451.53
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,451.53
Unicare MCD $3,451.53

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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $633.56 $153.70 – $791.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $633.56 $153.70 – $791.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $633.56 $153.70 – $791.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $667.61 $137.42 – $1,001.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $718.03 $153.70 – $897.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $633.56 $153.70 – $791.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $667.61 $164.46 – $1,001.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $667.61 $153.70 – $1,001.42

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