X-ray facial bones complete > 3 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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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.

$47.45 with United vs $2,005.20 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 $47.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.45
Amerigroup CHIP $47.45
United STARPerinate $47.45
United STARPLUS $47.45
United CHIP $47.45
United STARKids $47.45
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $49.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.25
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.25
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.20
Molina STARKIDS $52.20
Molina MCDSTAR $52.20
Molina CHIP $52.20
Aetna QHPHIX $58.91
Humana MGMCD $59.31
Aetna NewBusiness $80.77
Aetna Meritain $86.52
Aetna COMM $86.52
Aetna OON $101.47
Humana COMM $112.33
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Cigna LocalPlus $134.05
Cigna NewBusiness $134.18
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $140.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $140.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $140.36
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $140.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $140.36
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
Cigna NetworkBenefit $149.72
Cigna HMO $149.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $149.72
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna AllOther $189.49
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $270.70
Cigna QHP $280.73
United OptionsPPO $374.97
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $491.27
Evry Health COMM $517.34
Unicare CHIP $521.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $677.76
City of McKinney COMM $701.82
Curative Administrators COMM $802.08
BCBS Traditional $890.31
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $902.34
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,002.60
Aetna ASA $1,056.74
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,102.86
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,102.86
Aetna WCOMP $1,102.86
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,102.86
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,163.02
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,203.12
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,203.12
Magellan BH Summit $1,203.12
Humana BHCOMM $1,303.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,403.64
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,403.64
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,403.64
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,457.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,503.90
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,604.16
USA Managed Care COMM $1,604.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,604.16
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,604.16
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,704.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,005.20
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,005.20
Unicare MCD $2,005.20

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X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $281.80 $47.45 – $352.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $281.80 $47.45 – $352.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $281.80 $47.45 – $352.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $392.26 $80.74 – $588.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $409.45 $47.45 – $511.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $281.80 $47.45 – $352.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $392.26 $50.77 – $588.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $392.26 $47.45 – $588.39

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