Appl bdy cst sho to hip head 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.

$99.86 with United vs $4,954.00 with United — 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 STARPerinate $99.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $99.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $99.86
United CHIP $99.86
United STAR $99.86
United STARKids $99.86
United STARPLUS $99.86
Amerigroup CHIP $104.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.85
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $104.85
Molina CHIP $109.85
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $109.85
Molina MCDSTAR $109.85
Molina STARKIDS $109.85
Molina STAR+PLUS $109.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $119.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $119.83
Humana MGMCD $124.83
WellMed MGMCR $282.37
BCBS BluePremier $284.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $466.53
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $466.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $553.87
BCBS BlueEssentials $553.87
BCBS EPOSOA $581.44
BCBS PPO $609.02
Humana COMM $823.75
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,954.00

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Appl bdy cst sho to hip head at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $166.32 $99.86 – $969.15
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $287.28 – $4,826.69
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $99.86 – $199.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $97.86 – $367.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $107.15 – $471.13
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $263.50 – $489.52
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $97.86 – $399.89
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $97.86 – $409.08

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