Blood mucoprotein 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.

$2.97 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $43.71 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.97
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.97
WellMed MGMCR $4.93
United SmallGroup $4.95
BCBS MCRPPO $4.95
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.95
Humana MGMCR $4.95
Devoted Health SNP $4.95
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.95
United AllPayerAppendix $4.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.95
Devoted Health HMO $4.95
Devoted Health POS $4.95
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.95
Devoted Health MCR $4.95
Devoted Health MME $4.95
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.95
Devoted Health PPO $4.95
United MGMCR $4.97
Aetna MCR $4.99
Care N Care MGMCR $5.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.05
WellCare MGMCR $5.10
Integranet MGMCR $5.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.20
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.20
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.20
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.25
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.25
Humana Tricare $5.33
Molina MMP $5.40
Molina MCR $5.40
Molina MME $5.40
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.50
BCBS BluePremier $5.89
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.94
Aetna QHPHIX $6.30
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.44
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.43
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.43
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.43
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.43
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.66
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.66
Aetna NewBusiness $8.67
Superior ValueHMO $8.86
Aetna Meritain $9.24
Aetna COMM $9.24
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $9.75
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.80
BCBS EPOSOA $10.25
BCBS PPO $10.74
Aetna OON $10.87
Superior HMO $11.09
Superior EPO $11.09
Oscar HIX $12.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.97
Cigna LocalPlus $19.37
Cigna NewBusiness $19.39
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.64
Cigna HMO $21.64
Cigna AllOther $27.39
Humana COMM $43.71

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Blood mucoprotein at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4.46 – $19.06
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $18.70 – $18.70
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $4.85 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.85 – $20.91
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $10.83 – $21.58
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $4.85 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $4.85 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $4.85 – $20.91

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