X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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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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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$32.75 with Amerigroup vs $1,558.41 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
Amerigroup CHIP $32.75
United STAR $32.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.75
United STARKids $32.75
United CHIP $32.75
United STARPLUS $32.75
United STARPerinate $32.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.37
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.37
Molina CHIP $36.03
Molina MCDSTAR $36.03
Molina STARKIDS $36.03
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.03
Aetna QHPHIX $39.76
Humana MGMCD $40.94
Aetna NewBusiness $54.51
Aetna Meritain $58.39
Aetna COMM $58.39
Aetna OON $68.49
Humana COMM $78.12
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $92.69
Cigna NewBusiness $92.79
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.53
Cigna HMO $103.53
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.53
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $109.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $109.09
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $109.09
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $109.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $109.09
Cigna AllOther $131.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna IFP $210.39
Cigna QHP $218.18
United OptionsPPO $291.42
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $381.81
Evry Health COMM $402.07
Unicare CHIP $405.19
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $526.74
City of McKinney COMM $545.44
Curative Administrators COMM $623.36
BCBS Traditional $691.93
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $701.28
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $779.21
Aetna ASA $821.28
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $857.13
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $857.13
Aetna WCOMP $857.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $857.13
Averde Health, Inc PPO $903.88
Magellan BH Pinnacle $935.05
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $935.05
Magellan BH Summit $935.05
Humana BHCOMM $1,012.97
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,090.89
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,090.89
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,090.89
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,132.96
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,168.81
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,246.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,246.73
USA Managed Care COMM $1,246.73
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,246.73
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,324.65
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,558.41
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,558.41
Unicare MCD $1,558.41

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.98 $37.87 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $189.70 $32.75 – $237.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $183.98 $35.04 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $183.98 $32.75 – $275.97

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