Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (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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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.

$233.23 with United vs $11,356.44 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 $233.23 —
United STARPLUS $233.23 —
United STARPerinate $233.23 —
United STARKids $233.23 —
United STAR $233.23 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $233.23 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $233.23 —
Amerigroup CHIP $233.23 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $244.89 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $251.89 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $251.89 —
Molina STARKIDS $256.55 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $256.55 —
Molina MCDSTAR $256.55 —
Molina CHIP $256.55 —
Humana MGMCD $291.54 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $293.63 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $293.63 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 —
United SmallGroup $313.62 —
BCBS BluePremier $323.93 —
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 —
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 —
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $794.95 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $794.95 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $794.95 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $794.95 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $794.95 —
Humana COMM $820.19 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 —
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 —
BCBS PPO $995.08 —
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 —
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 —
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 —
Aetna OON $1,314.00 —
Cigna IFP $1,533.12 —
Cigna QHP $1,589.90 —
United OptionsPPO $2,123.65 —
Unicare CHIP $2,952.67 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,838.48 —
BCBS Traditional $5,042.26 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,110.40 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,678.22 —
Aetna ASA $5,984.84 —
Aetna WCOMP $6,246.04 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,246.04 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,246.04 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,246.04 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,586.74 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $6,813.86 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $6,813.86 —
Magellan BH Summit $6,813.86 —
Humana BHCOMM $7,381.69 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7,949.51 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7,949.51 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8,256.13 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,517.33 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,085.15 —
ComPsych Corporation COMM $9,085.15 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $9,085.15 —
USA Managed Care COMM $9,085.15 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9,652.97 —
Unicare MCD $11,356.44 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11,356.44 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,356.44 —

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Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,551.50 $227.71 – $3,189.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,551.50 $227.71 – $3,189.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,551.50 $227.71 – $3,189.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,347.34 $314.76 – $3,521.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,347.34 $227.71 – $2,934.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,551.50 $227.71 – $3,189.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,347.34 $227.71 – $3,521.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,347.34 $233.23 – $3,521.02

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