X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral 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.

$52.79 with United vs $2,432.28 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 $52.79
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $52.79
Amerigroup MGMCD $52.79
Amerigroup CHIP $52.79
United STARPerinate $52.79
United STARPLUS $52.79
United CHIP $52.79
United STARKids $52.79
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $55.43
Aetna Better Health MCD $57.01
Aetna Better Health CHIP $57.01
Molina STAR+PLUS $58.07
Molina STARKIDS $58.07
Molina MCDSTAR $58.07
Molina CHIP $58.07
Aetna QHPHIX $62.85
Humana MGMCD $65.99
Aetna NewBusiness $86.17
Aetna Meritain $92.31
Aetna COMM $92.31
Aetna OON $108.27
Humana COMM $122.28
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Cigna LocalPlus $144.36
Cigna NewBusiness $144.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna HMO $161.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $161.24
Cigna NetworkBenefit $161.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $170.26
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $170.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $170.26
Superior Health Plan STARKids $170.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $170.26
Cigna AllOther $204.06
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $328.36
Cigna QHP $340.52
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
United OptionsPPO $454.84
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $595.91
Evry Health COMM $627.53
Unicare CHIP $632.39
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $822.11
City of McKinney COMM $851.30
Curative Administrators COMM $972.91
BCBS Traditional $1,079.93
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,094.53
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,216.14
Aetna ASA $1,281.81
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,337.75
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,337.75
Aetna WCOMP $1,337.75
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,337.75
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,410.72
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,459.37
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,459.37
Magellan BH Summit $1,459.37
Humana BHCOMM $1,580.98
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,702.60
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,702.60
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,702.60
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,768.27
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,824.21
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,945.82
USA Managed Care COMM $1,945.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,945.82
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,945.82
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,067.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,432.28
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,432.28
Unicare MCD $2,432.28

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $524.27 $107.91 – $786.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $589.58 $52.79 – $736.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $524.27 $56.49 – $786.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $524.27 $52.79 – $786.40

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