MRA spinal canal at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
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Cash price 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 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.
$402.78 with BCBS vs $18,033.57 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $402.78 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $402.78 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $438.37 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $438.37 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $444.34 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $693.25 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,243.52 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,243.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,262.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1,262.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1,262.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,262.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,262.35 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,284.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,304.25 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,364.99 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,434.53 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $2,524.70 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,372.28 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $3,426.38 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $4,688.73 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $6,095.35 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $8,006.91 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,115.11 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $9,016.78 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $9,503.69 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $9,918.46 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $9,918.46 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $9,918.46 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $9,918.46 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $10,459.47 | — |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $10,820.14 | — |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $10,820.14 | — |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $10,820.14 | — |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $11,721.82 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $12,623.50 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $12,623.50 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $13,110.41 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $13,525.18 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $14,426.86 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $14,426.86 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $14,426.86 | — |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $14,426.86 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $15,328.53 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $18,033.57 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $18,033.57 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $18,033.57 | — |
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MRA spinal canal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $1,803.94 | $511.12 – $2,555.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $1,803.94 | $386.04 – $2,555.58 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,803.94 | $511.12 – $2,555.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,590.77 | $327.43 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,268.00 | $453.60 – $2,835.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,803.94 | $481.05 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,590.77 | $510.64 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,590.77 | $821.90 – $2,700.00 |