MRI compatible system 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

$25,168.00

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.

$25,168.00

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.

$1,761.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $25,168.00 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,761.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,761.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,761.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,761.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,761.76 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $1,810.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,829.93 ↓ -93%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1,829.93 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $1,857.20 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MME $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health SNP $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health PPO $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCR $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health HMO $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health POS $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $1,866.53 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $1,875.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $1,882.40 ↓ -93%
Care N Care MGMCR $1,885.20 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $1,903.86 ↓ -92%
Integranet MGMCR $1,922.53 ↓ -92%
WellCare MGMCR $1,922.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantge MCR $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1,959.86 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1,978.52 ↓ -92%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1,978.52 ↓ -92%
Molina MCR $2,034.52 ↓ -92%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $2,034.52 ↓ -92%
Molina MMP $2,034.52 ↓ -92%
Molina MME $2,034.52 ↓ -92%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $2,053.18 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2,239.84 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $2,426.49 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $2,799.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $2,799.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $2,799.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $2,799.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $2,799.80 ↓ -89%
Superior ValueHMO $3,341.09 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $3,397.68 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $3,523.52 ↓ -86%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $3,546.41 ↓ -86%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,695.73 ↓ -85%
Superior EPO $4,181.03 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $4,181.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $4,706.42 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare HIX $4,890.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,216.50 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,216.50 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $6,543.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $6,644.35 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $6,644.35 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $7,424.56 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $7,424.56 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $7,424.56 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8,028.59 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $8,028.59 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $8,431.28 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8,506.78 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $8,808.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $8,808.80 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $9,387.66 ↓ -63%
Humana COMM $10,545.13 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $11,174.59 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $12,584.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $13,263.54 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $13,842.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $13,842.40 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $13,842.40 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $13,842.40 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $14,597.44 ↓ -42%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $15,100.80 ↓ -40%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $15,100.80 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $15,100.80 ↓ -40%
Humana BHCOMM $16,359.20 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $17,617.60 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $18,297.14 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $18,876.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $20,134.40 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $20,134.40 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $20,134.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $20,134.40 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $21,392.80 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $25,168.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $25,168.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $25,168.00 ↑ +0%

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