Above knee cushion socket at MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL

6800 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1902857766

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.

$921.26 with Humana vs $5,365.78 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $921.26
BCBS MCRPPO $931.13
BCBS MGMCRHMO $931.13
WellMed MGMCR $945.00
Devoted Health MCR $949.75
Devoted Health MME $949.75
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $949.75
Devoted Health SNP $949.75
Humana MGMCR $949.75
Devoted Health POS $949.75
Devoted Health PPO $949.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $949.75
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $949.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $949.75
Devoted Health HMO $949.75
United MGMCR $954.50
Aetna MCR $957.82
Care N Care MGMCR $959.25
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $968.75
WellCare MGMCR $978.24
Integranet MGMCR $978.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $997.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $997.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $997.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $997.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $997.24
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $997.24
ProCare Advantge MCR $997.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $997.24
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1,006.74
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1,006.74
Molina MME $1,035.23
Molina MMP $1,035.23
Molina MCR $1,035.23
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,044.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,139.70
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,234.67
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1,424.63
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1,424.63
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1,424.63
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1,424.63
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1,424.63
Superior ValueHMO $1,700.05
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,804.52
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,880.50
Superior EPO $2,127.44
Superior HMO $2,127.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,488.35
Humana COMM $5,365.78

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Above knee cushion socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $930.75 – $2,041.96
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $930.75 – $2,041.96

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