Aluminum - quest 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

$1,814.36

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.

$1,814.36

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.

$15.29 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,814.36 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $15.29 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $15.29 ↓ -99%
United STAR $21.40 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $21.40 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $21.40 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $21.40 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $21.40 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $21.40 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $22.47 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $23.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $23.11 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $23.54 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $23.54 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $23.54 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $23.54 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $23.54 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $25.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $25.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $25.48 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $25.48 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $25.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $25.48 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $25.48 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $25.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $25.70 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $25.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $25.99 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $26.24 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $26.24 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $26.75 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $26.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $26.75 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $26.75 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $26.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $27.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $27.46 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $27.77 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $27.77 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $27.77 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $28.03 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $28.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $30.32 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $30.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $32.41 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $33.12 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $38.22 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $38.22 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $38.22 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $38.22 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $38.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.59 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $44.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $44.65 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $45.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $47.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $47.55 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $48.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $50.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $50.20 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $52.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $55.29 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $55.96 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $57.08 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $57.08 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $66.25 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $66.76 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $96.83 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $96.92 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $108.15 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $108.15 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $108.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $127.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $127.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $127.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $127.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $127.01 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $136.87 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $244.94 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $254.01 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $283.09 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $322.96 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $444.52 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $468.10 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $613.25 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $635.03 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $805.58 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $816.46 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $907.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $956.17 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $997.90 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $997.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $997.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $997.90 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,052.33 ↓ -42%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,270.05 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,270.05 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,270.05 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,288.20 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,324.48 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,360.77 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,451.49 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,451.49 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,542.21 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,814.36 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,814.36 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,814.36 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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