MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont 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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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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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.

$276.66 with United vs $11,356.44 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
United STARPLUS $276.66
United CHIP $276.66
United STARPerinate $276.66
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $276.66
United STAR $276.66
United STARKids $276.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $276.66
Amerigroup CHIP $276.66
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $290.49
Aetna Better Health CHIP $298.79
Aetna Better Health MCD $298.79
Molina STAR+PLUS $304.33
Molina MCDSTAR $304.33
Molina CHIP $304.33
Molina STARKIDS $304.33
Humana MGMCD $345.83
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13
BCBS BluePremier $530.77
United SmallGroup $616.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $794.95
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $794.95
Superior Health Plan STARKids $794.95
Superior Health Plan CHIP $794.95
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $794.95
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Humana COMM $968.12
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00
Aetna COMM $1,117.00
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00
Aetna OON $1,314.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
Cigna IFP $1,533.12
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
Cigna QHP $1,589.90
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
United OptionsPPO $2,123.65
Unicare CHIP $2,952.67
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,838.48
BCBS Traditional $5,042.26
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,110.40
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,678.22
Aetna ASA $5,984.84
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,246.04
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,246.04
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,246.04
Aetna WCOMP $6,246.04
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,586.74
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $6,813.86
Magellan BH Pinnacle $6,813.86
Magellan BH Summit $6,813.86
Humana BHCOMM $7,381.69
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7,949.51
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7,949.51
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8,256.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,517.33
USA Managed Care COMM $9,085.15
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $9,085.15
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,085.15
ComPsych Corporation COMM $9,085.15
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9,652.97
Unicare MCD $11,356.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,356.44
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11,356.44

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MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,720.74 $276.66 – $2,150.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,720.74 $276.66 – $2,150.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,720.74 $276.66 – $2,150.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,251.88 $463.51 – $3,377.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,580.02 $276.66 – $3,225.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,720.74 $276.66 – $2,150.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,251.88 $296.03 – $3,377.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,251.88 $276.66 – $3,377.83

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