MRA chest wwo 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.

$454.40 with BCBS vs $8,023.82 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $454.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $561.67
Superior Health Plan CHIP $561.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $561.67
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $561.67
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $561.67
United SmallGroup $616.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna QHPHIX $1,083.22
Cigna IFP $1,083.22
Cigna QHP $1,123.33
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
United OptionsPPO $1,500.45
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
Aetna NewBusiness $1,596.74
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Aetna Meritain $1,709.07
Aetna COMM $1,709.07
Aetna OON $2,013.98
Unicare CHIP $2,086.19
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,712.05
BCBS Traditional $3,562.58
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,610.72
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,011.91
Aetna ASA $4,228.55
Aetna WCOMP $4,413.10
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,413.10
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,413.10
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,413.10
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,653.82
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,814.29
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,814.29
Magellan BH Summit $4,814.29
Humana BHCOMM $5,215.48
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,616.67
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,616.67
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,833.32
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,017.86
USA Managed Care COMM $6,419.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,419.06
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $6,419.06
ComPsych Corporation COMM $6,419.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,820.25
Unicare MCD $8,023.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,023.82
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,023.82

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MRA chest wwo IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $10,418.18 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,654.38 $538.41 – $3,545.10
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,943.20 $458.22 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $790.50 $400.00 – $4,743.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $8,469.49 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $11,685.36 $672.06 – $699.43

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