Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle 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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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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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.

$486.45 with United vs $5,853.08 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
United STARPLUS $486.45
United STARKids $486.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $486.45
United STARPerinate $486.45
United STAR $486.45
United CHIP $486.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $486.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $510.77
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $510.77
Amerigroup CHIP $510.77
Molina CHIP $535.10
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $535.10
Molina MCDSTAR $535.10
Molina STARKIDS $535.10
Molina STAR+PLUS $535.10
Aetna Better Health MCD $583.74
Aetna Better Health CHIP $583.74
Humana MGMCD $608.06
Cigna IFP $790.17
Cigna QHP $819.43
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
United OptionsPPO $1,041.85
WellMed MGMCR $1,667.42
BCBS BluePremier $1,702.02
United SmallGroup $1,756.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,758.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,978.34
Unicare CHIP $2,048.58
Cigna LocalPlus $2,095.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,097.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,340.00
Cigna HMO $2,340.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,340.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
BCBS Traditional $2,598.77
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
City of McKinney COMM $2,633.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2,786.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,786.38
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,838.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,926.54
Cigna AllOther $2,960.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,000.00
Aetna ASA $3,084.57
Aetna WCOMP $3,219.19
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,219.19
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,219.19
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,219.19
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,307.97
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,307.97
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,394.79
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,472.68
BCBS PPO $3,637.39
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,097.16
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,097.16
Humana COMM $4,116.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,155.69
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4,272.75
Aetna OON $4,332.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,389.81
USA Managed Care COMM $4,682.46
USC Health Services COMM $4,682.46
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,975.12
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,853.08
Unicare MCD $5,853.08
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,853.08

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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,177.54 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,812.02 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,177.54 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,177.54 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,812.02 $71.00 – $4,016.35

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