MRA w/cont, lwr ext 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 $7,573.44 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 $530.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $530.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $530.14
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $530.14
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $530.14
United SmallGroup $616.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna QHPHIX $1,022.41
Cigna IFP $1,022.41
Cigna QHP $1,060.28
United OptionsPPO $1,416.23
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
Aetna NewBusiness $1,507.11
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
Aetna Meritain $1,613.14
Aetna COMM $1,613.14
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Aetna OON $1,900.93
Unicare CHIP $1,969.09
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,559.82
BCBS Traditional $3,362.61
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,408.05
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,786.72
Aetna ASA $3,991.20
Aetna WCOMP $4,165.39
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,165.39
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,165.39
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,165.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,392.60
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,544.06
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,544.06
Magellan BH Summit $4,544.06
Humana BHCOMM $4,922.74
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,301.41
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,301.41
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,505.89
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,680.08
USA Managed Care COMM $6,058.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,058.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $6,058.75
ComPsych Corporation COMM $6,058.75
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,437.42
Unicare MCD $7,573.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,573.44
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,573.44

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MRA w/cont, lwr ext at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,691.95 $479.39 – $2,396.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,691.95 $362.08 – $2,396.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,691.95 $479.39 – $2,396.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,007.60 $413.23 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,007.60 $401.52 – $2,577.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,691.95 $451.19 – $2,577.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,007.60 $644.44 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,007.60 $952.69 – $3,011.40

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