X-ray of mammary ducts 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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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.

$69.50 with United vs $2,548.90 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 STARKids $69.50
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $69.50
Amerigroup MGMCD $69.50
Amerigroup CHIP $69.50
United CHIP $69.50
United STARPerinate $69.50
United STARPLUS $69.50
United STAR $69.50
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $72.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $75.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $75.06
Molina STAR+PLUS $76.45
Molina STARKIDS $76.45
Molina CHIP $76.45
Molina MCDSTAR $76.45
Aetna QHPHIX $79.77
Humana MGMCD $86.88
Aetna NewBusiness $109.37
Aetna Meritain $117.16
Aetna COMM $117.16
Aetna OON $137.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $178.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $178.42
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $178.42
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $178.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $178.42
Cigna LocalPlus $185.67
Cigna NewBusiness $185.85
Cigna HMO $207.38
Cigna NetworkBenefit $207.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.38
Humana COMM $214.86
Cigna AllOther $262.46
BCBS BluePremier $277.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $305.28
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $305.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
United SmallGroup $313.62
Cigna IFP $344.10
Cigna QHP $356.85
United OptionsPPO $476.64
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $624.48
Evry Health COMM $657.62
Unicare CHIP $662.71
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $861.53
City of McKinney COMM $892.12
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80
BCBS PPO $995.08
Curative Administrators COMM $1,019.56
BCBS Traditional $1,131.71
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,147.01
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,274.45
Aetna ASA $1,343.27
Aetna WCOMP $1,401.89
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,401.89
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,401.89
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,401.89
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,478.36
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,529.34
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,529.34
Magellan BH Summit $1,529.34
Humana BHCOMM $1,656.79
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,784.23
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,784.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,784.23
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,853.05
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,911.67
USA Managed Care COMM $2,039.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,039.12
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,039.12
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,039.12
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,166.57
Unicare MCD $2,548.90
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,548.90
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,548.90

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X-ray of mammary ducts at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $437.00 $89.95 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $437.00 $69.50 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $437.00 $74.36 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $437.00 $69.50 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $437.00 $69.50 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $437.00 $69.50 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $437.00 $69.50 – $655.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $437.00 $69.50 – $783.01

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