MRA without fol 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.

$454.40 with BCBS vs $8,930.56 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 $454.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
United SmallGroup $616.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $625.14
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $625.14
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $625.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $625.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $625.14
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Cigna IFP $1,205.63
Aetna QHPHIX $1,205.63
Cigna QHP $1,250.28
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
United OptionsPPO $1,670.01
Aetna NewBusiness $1,777.18
Aetna Meritain $1,902.21
Aetna COMM $1,902.21
Aetna OON $2,241.57
Unicare CHIP $2,321.95
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,018.53
BCBS Traditional $3,965.17
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,018.75
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,465.28
Aetna ASA $4,706.41
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,911.81
Aetna WCOMP $4,911.81
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,911.81
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,911.81
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,179.72
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $5,358.34
Magellan BH Pinnacle $5,358.34
Magellan BH Summit $5,358.34
Humana BHCOMM $5,804.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,251.39
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,251.39
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $6,492.52
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,697.92
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $7,144.45
USA Managed Care COMM $7,144.45
ComPsych Corporation COMM $7,144.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,144.45
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,590.98
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,930.56
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,930.56
Unicare MCD $8,930.56

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MRA without fol w/cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $20,488.72 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,050.65 $538.41 – $4,394.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,818.95 $458.22 – $5,197.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,040.40 $400.00 – $6,120.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $18,152.95 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,818.95 $538.41 – $5,197.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,818.95 $538.41 – $5,197.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $11,670.11 $672.06 – $699.43

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