MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil 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.
$387.79 with BCBS vs $9,542.99 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 |
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| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $387.79 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $387.79 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $427.80 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $443.23 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $443.23 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $668.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $668.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $668.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $668.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $668.01 | — |
| 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 | $1,197.23 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,197.23 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,255.70 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,288.30 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,298.55 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,314.18 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,336.02 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,784.54 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,813.17 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,481.18 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,225.53 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,237.09 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,294.35 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,771.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,029.16 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,248.64 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,248.64 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,248.64 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,248.64 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,534.93 | — |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $5,725.79 | — |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $5,725.79 | — |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $5,725.79 | — |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $6,202.94 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,680.09 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,680.09 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,937.75 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $7,157.24 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $7,634.39 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,634.39 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $7,634.39 | — |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $7,634.39 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $8,111.54 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $9,542.99 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,542.99 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $9,542.99 | — |
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MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $1,224.43 | $346.92 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $1,224.43 | $262.03 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,224.43 | $346.92 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,943.87 | $400.11 – $2,915.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,680.56 | $336.11 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,224.43 | $326.51 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,943.87 | $623.98 – $2,915.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,943.87 | $1,004.33 – $2,915.80 |