Bundled special stain group 2 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

$633.55

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.

$633.55

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.

$33.84 with United vs $633.55 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 AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $39.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $44.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $44.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $65.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $65.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $69.20 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $72.54 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $85.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $88.70 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $91.48 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $112.77 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $126.00 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $131.78 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $134.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $134.20 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $155.22 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $157.93 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $163.46 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $214.14 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $221.74 ↓ -65%
Cigna LocalPlus $269.62 ↓ -57%
Cigna NewBusiness $269.89 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $281.30 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $285.10 ↓ -55%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $301.15 ↓ -52%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $301.15 ↓ -52%
Cigna HMO $301.15 ↓ -52%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $316.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $333.88 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $348.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $348.45 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $348.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $348.45 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $367.46 ↓ -42%
Cigna AllOther $381.14 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $443.49 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $443.49 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $443.49 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $449.82 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $462.49 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $475.16 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $500.94 ↓ -21%
USC Health Services COMM $506.84 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $506.84 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $538.52 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $633.55 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $633.55 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $633.55 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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