Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL
4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639
$9,138.52
Cash price 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.
$9,138.52
Gross charge 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.
$386.83 with BCBS vs $9,138.52 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $386.83 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $425.84 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $425.84 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $611.66 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $611.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $639.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $639.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $639.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $639.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $639.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $746.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,023.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,096.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,096.49 | ↓ -88% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,233.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,264.52 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,264.52 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,279.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,286.04 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,326.29 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,388.05 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,416.36 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,708.90 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,238.94 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,357.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,376.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,088.82 | ↓ -66% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,198.48 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,655.41 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,057.50 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,112.33 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,569.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,816.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,026.19 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,026.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,026.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,026.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,300.34 | ↓ -42% |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $5,483.11 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $5,483.11 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $5,483.11 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $5,940.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,396.96 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,396.96 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $6,396.96 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,643.70 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,853.89 | ↓ -25% |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $7,310.82 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $7,310.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $7,310.82 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,310.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,767.74 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $9,138.52 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,138.52 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $9,138.52 | ↑ +0% |
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Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,254.06 | $518.17 – $2,817.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,254.06 | $482.37 – $2,817.57 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,254.06 | $518.17 – $2,817.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,081.21 | $428.38 – $3,121.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,987.70 | $397.54 – $2,484.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,254.06 | $518.17 – $2,817.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,081.21 | $518.17 – $3,121.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,081.21 | $1,075.29 – $3,121.81 |