CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast 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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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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$104.75 with United vs $6,613.49 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
United STAR $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $462.94
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $462.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $462.94
Superior Health Plan STARKids $462.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $462.94
BCBS PPO $478.58
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Humana COMM $679.18
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Aetna COMM $856.00
Cigna IFP $892.82
Cigna QHP $925.89
Aetna OON $1,006.00
United OptionsPPO $1,236.72
Unicare CHIP $1,719.51
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,235.36
BCBS Traditional $2,936.39
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,976.07
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,306.74
Aetna ASA $3,485.31
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,637.42
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,637.42
Aetna WCOMP $3,637.42
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,637.42
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,835.82
Magellan BH Summit $3,968.09
Magellan BH Pinnacle $3,968.09
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $3,968.09
Humana BHCOMM $4,298.77
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,629.44
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,629.44
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4,808.01
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,960.12
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $5,290.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,290.79
USA Managed Care COMM $5,290.79
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,621.47
Unicare MCD $6,613.49
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,613.49
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,613.49

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,678.86 $99.77 – $2,098.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,678.86 $99.77 – $2,098.57
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,348.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,678.86 $99.77 – $2,098.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,466.86 $141.23 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,845.88 $99.77 – $2,307.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,678.86 $99.77 – $2,098.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,466.86 $99.77 – $2,200.28

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