MRA without fol w/cont, pelvis 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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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 $13,004.92 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 NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United SmallGroup $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $910.34
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $910.34
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $910.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $910.34
Superior Health Plan STARKids $910.34
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Cigna IFP $1,755.66
Aetna QHPHIX $1,755.66
Cigna QHP $1,820.69
United OptionsPPO $2,431.92
Aetna NewBusiness $2,587.98
Aetna Meritain $2,770.05
Aetna COMM $2,770.05
Aetna OON $3,264.23
Unicare CHIP $3,381.28
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,395.66
BCBS Traditional $5,774.18
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,852.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,502.46
Aetna ASA $6,853.59
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $7,152.71
Aetna WCOMP $7,152.71
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $7,152.71
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $7,152.71
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,542.85
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $7,802.95
Magellan BH Pinnacle $7,802.95
Magellan BH Summit $7,802.95
Humana BHCOMM $8,453.20
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $9,103.44
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $9,103.44
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $9,454.58
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9,753.69
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $10,403.94
USA Managed Care COMM $10,403.94
ComPsych Corporation COMM $10,403.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,403.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $11,054.18
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13,004.92
Independent Medical Systems COMM $13,004.92
Unicare MCD $13,004.92

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $8,317.72 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,234.49 $538.41 – $2,645.33
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,459.15 $458.22 – $4,169.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $555.90 $400.00 – $3,335.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,459.15 $538.41 – $4,169.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,459.15 $538.41 – $4,169.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $21,676.97 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,459.15 $538.41 – $4,169.00

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