Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (without contrast) 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.

$104.75 with United vs $9,158.06 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
United CHIP $104.75 —
United STARPLUS $104.75 —
United STARPerinate $104.75 —
United STARKids $104.75 —
United STAR $104.75 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 —
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 —
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 —
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 —
Molina CHIP $115.23 —
Humana MGMCD $130.94 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.22 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.22 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
BCBS BluePremier $155.79 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 —
Humana COMM $417.12 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 —
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 —
BCBS PPO $478.58 —
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $641.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $641.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $641.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $641.06 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $641.06 —
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 —
Aetna Meritain $856.00 —
Aetna COMM $856.00 —
Aetna OON $1,006.00 —
Cigna IFP $1,236.34 —
Cigna QHP $1,282.13 —
United OptionsPPO $1,712.56 —
Unicare CHIP $2,381.10 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,095.42 —
BCBS Traditional $4,066.18 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,121.13 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,579.03 —
Aetna ASA $4,826.30 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,036.93 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,036.93 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,036.93 —
Aetna WCOMP $5,036.93 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,311.67 —
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $5,494.84 —
Magellan BH Summit $5,494.84 —
Magellan BH Pinnacle $5,494.84 —
Humana BHCOMM $5,952.74 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,410.64 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,410.64 —
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $6,657.91 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,868.55 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $7,326.45 —
USA Managed Care COMM $7,326.45 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,326.45 —
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,784.35 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,158.06 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9,158.06 —
Unicare MCD $9,158.06 —

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Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,886.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,466.86 $141.23 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,180.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,466.86 $99.77 – $2,200.28

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