X-ray heel/calcaneus > 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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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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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.

$28.74 with United vs $1,075.30 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 STARPLUS $28.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74
United CHIP $28.74
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74
United STARPerinate $28.74
United STAR $28.74
United STARKids $28.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.18
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.04
Molina CHIP $31.61
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61
Molina STARKIDS $31.61
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61
Aetna QHPHIX $35.25
Humana MGMCD $35.92
Aetna NewBusiness $48.33
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna OON $60.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $75.27
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $75.27
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $75.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $75.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $75.27
Humana COMM $76.73
Cigna LocalPlus $81.10
Cigna NewBusiness $81.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna HMO $90.59
Cigna NetworkBenefit $90.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.59
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna AllOther $114.65
Cigna IFP $145.17
Cigna QHP $150.54
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $201.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $263.45
Evry Health COMM $277.43
Unicare CHIP $279.58
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $363.45
City of McKinney COMM $376.36
Curative Administrators COMM $430.12
BCBS Traditional $477.43
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $483.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $537.65
Aetna ASA $566.68
Aetna WCOMP $591.41
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $591.41
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $591.41
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $591.41
Averde Health, Inc PPO $623.67
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $645.18
Magellan BH Pinnacle $645.18
Magellan BH Summit $645.18
Humana BHCOMM $698.95
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $752.71
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $752.71
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $752.71
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $781.74
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $806.48
USA Managed Care COMM $860.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $860.24
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $860.24
ComPsych Corporation COMM $860.24
Galaxy Health Network PPO $914.00
Unicare MCD $1,075.30
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,075.30
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,075.30

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X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.06 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.11 $55.60 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.12 $28.74 – $358.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.11 $30.75 – $405.16

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