X-ray hand 2 views (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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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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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.

$31.74 with United vs $1,305.50 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 $31.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $31.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74
Amerigroup CHIP $31.74
United STARPerinate $31.74
United STARPLUS $31.74
United STARKids $31.74
United CHIP $31.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $33.33
Aetna Better Health CHIP $34.28
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.28
Molina MCDSTAR $34.91
Molina CHIP $34.91
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.91
Molina STARKIDS $34.91
Aetna QHPHIX $38.63
Humana MGMCD $39.67
Aetna NewBusiness $52.97
Aetna Meritain $56.74
Aetna COMM $56.74
Aetna OON $66.55
Humana COMM $79.55
Cigna LocalPlus $90.13
Cigna NewBusiness $90.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $91.39
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $91.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $91.39
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $91.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $91.39
Cigna HMO $100.67
Cigna NetworkBenefit $100.67
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $100.67
Cigna AllOther $127.40
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna IFP $176.24
Cigna QHP $182.77
United OptionsPPO $244.13
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $319.85
Evry Health COMM $336.82
Unicare CHIP $339.43
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $441.26
City of McKinney COMM $456.93
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Curative Administrators COMM $522.20
BCBS Traditional $579.64
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $587.48
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $652.75
Aetna ASA $688.00
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $718.02
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $718.02
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $718.02
Aetna WCOMP $718.02
Averde Health, Inc PPO $757.19
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $783.30
Magellan BH Pinnacle $783.30
Magellan BH Summit $783.30
Humana BHCOMM $848.58
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $913.85
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $913.85
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $913.85
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $949.10
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $979.13
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,044.40
USA Managed Care COMM $1,044.40
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,044.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,044.40
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,109.67
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,305.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,305.50
Unicare MCD $1,305.50

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $495.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.60 $73.40 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.93 $31.74 – $428.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $356.60 $33.96 – $534.90

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