MRA without 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.

$277.32 with BCBS vs $7,176.56 with Unicare — 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 $277.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $305.28
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $305.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
United SmallGroup $313.62
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $502.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $502.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $502.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $502.36
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $502.36
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80
Cigna IFP $968.84
Aetna QHPHIX $968.84
BCBS PPO $995.08
Cigna QHP $1,004.72
United OptionsPPO $1,342.02
Aetna NewBusiness $1,428.14
Aetna Meritain $1,528.61
Aetna COMM $1,528.61
Aetna OON $1,801.32
Unicare CHIP $1,865.91
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,425.68
BCBS Traditional $3,186.39
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,229.45
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,588.28
Aetna ASA $3,782.05
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,947.11
Aetna WCOMP $3,947.11
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,947.11
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,947.11
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,162.40
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $4,305.94
Magellan BH Pinnacle $4,305.94
Magellan BH Summit $4,305.94
Humana BHCOMM $4,664.76
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,023.59
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,023.59
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,217.36
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,382.42
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $5,741.25
USA Managed Care COMM $5,741.25
ComPsych Corporation COMM $5,741.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,741.25
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,100.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,176.56
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,176.56
Unicare MCD $7,176.56

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MRA without cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,050.65 $328.59 – $4,394.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,128.05 $279.65 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $618.90 $400.00 – $3,713.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $10,285.86 $410.15 – $437.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,274.45 $360.05 – $360.05

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