CT lower extremity without contrast (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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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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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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$104.75 with United vs $7,957.79 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
United STAR $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.22
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
BCBS BluePremier $155.79
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Humana COMM $521.09
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $557.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $557.05
Superior Health Plan STARKids $557.05
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $557.05
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $557.05
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Aetna OON $1,006.00
Cigna IFP $1,074.30
Cigna QHP $1,114.09
United OptionsPPO $1,488.11
Unicare CHIP $2,069.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,689.73
BCBS Traditional $3,533.26
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,581.01
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,978.89
Aetna ASA $4,193.76
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,376.78
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,376.78
Aetna WCOMP $4,376.78
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,376.78
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,615.52
Magellan BH Summit $4,774.67
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,774.67
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,774.67
Humana BHCOMM $5,172.56
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,570.45
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,570.45
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,785.31
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,968.34
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $6,366.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,366.23
USA Managed Care COMM $6,366.23
ComPsych Corporation COMM $6,366.23
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,764.12
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,957.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,957.79
Unicare MCD $7,957.79

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,692.90 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,398.82 $141.23 – $2,098.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,890.36 $99.77 – $2,362.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,398.82 $99.77 – $2,098.22

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