MRA w/cont, abd 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.

$341.20 with United vs $7,598.71 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
United SmallGroup $341.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
BCBS BluePremier $454.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $531.91
Superior Health Plan STARKids $531.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $531.91
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $531.91
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $531.91
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Cigna IFP $1,025.83
Aetna QHPHIX $1,025.83
Cigna QHP $1,063.82
United OptionsPPO $1,420.96
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
Aetna NewBusiness $1,512.14
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
Aetna Meritain $1,618.53
Aetna COMM $1,618.53
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Aetna OON $1,907.28
Unicare CHIP $1,975.66
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,568.36
BCBS Traditional $3,373.83
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,419.42
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,799.36
Aetna ASA $4,004.52
Aetna WCOMP $4,179.29
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,179.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,179.29
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,179.29
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,407.25
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,559.23
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,559.23
Magellan BH Summit $4,559.23
Humana BHCOMM $4,939.16
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,319.10
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,319.10
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,524.26
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,699.03
USA Managed Care COMM $6,078.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,078.97
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $6,078.97
ComPsych Corporation COMM $6,078.97
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,458.90
Unicare MCD $7,598.71
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,598.71
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,598.71

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MRA w/cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $14,792.79 $672.06 – $699.43
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $6,519.53 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $812.07 $538.41 – $1,740.15
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,509.90 $458.22 – $4,314.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $724.50 $400.00 – $4,347.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,509.90 $538.41 – $4,314.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,509.90 $538.41 – $4,314.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $10,737.11 $672.06 – $699.43

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