MRA chest wo IV cont 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.

$277.32 with BCBS vs $6,558.19 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
BCBS BluePremier $277.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $305.28
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $305.28
United SmallGroup $313.62
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
Superior Health Plan STARKids $459.07
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $459.07
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $459.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $459.07
Superior Health Plan CHIP $459.07
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Cigna IFP $885.36
Aetna QHPHIX $885.36
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53
Cigna QHP $918.15
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80
BCBS PPO $995.08
United OptionsPPO $1,226.38
Aetna NewBusiness $1,305.08
Aetna Meritain $1,396.89
Aetna COMM $1,396.89
Aetna OON $1,646.11
Unicare CHIP $1,705.13
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,216.67
BCBS Traditional $2,911.84
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,951.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,279.09
Aetna ASA $3,456.17
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,607.00
Aetna WCOMP $3,607.00
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,607.00
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,607.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,803.75
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $3,934.91
Magellan BH Pinnacle $3,934.91
Magellan BH Summit $3,934.91
Humana BHCOMM $4,262.82
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,590.73
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,590.73
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4,767.80
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,918.64
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $5,246.55
USA Managed Care COMM $5,246.55
ComPsych Corporation COMM $5,246.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,246.55
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,574.46
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,558.19
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,558.19
Unicare MCD $6,558.19

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,486.34 $410.15 – $437.25
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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,205.05 $279.65 – $3,443.00
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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,205.05 $328.59 – $3,443.00
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