Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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.

$191.46 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $2,992.27 with Unicare — 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 $191.46
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $191.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $191.46
Amerigroup CHIP $191.46
United CHIP $191.46
United STAR $191.46
United STARKids $191.46
United STARPLUS $191.46
United STARPerinate $191.46
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $201.03
Aetna Better Health MCD $206.78
Aetna Better Health CHIP $206.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $209.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $209.46
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $209.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $209.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $209.46
Molina STAR+PLUS $210.61
Molina CHIP $210.61
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $210.61
Molina STARKIDS $210.61
Molina MCDSTAR $210.61
Humana MGMCD $239.33
BCBS BluePremier $387.84
Cigna IFP $403.96
Aetna QHPHIX $403.96
Cigna QHP $418.92
BCBS MyBlueHealth $451.94
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $451.94
United OptionsPPO $532.62
Cigna LocalPlus $592.95
Cigna NewBusiness $593.54
Aetna NewBusiness $595.46
Oscar HIX $622.39
Aetna Meritain $637.35
Aetna COMM $637.35
Cigna HMO $662.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $662.28
Cigna NetworkBenefit $662.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $733.11
Aetna OON $751.06
Evry Health COMM $772.01
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $800.34
BCBS BlueEssentials $800.34
Cigna AllOther $838.20
BCBS EPOSOA $839.78
BCBS PPO $879.22
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,011.39
Unicare CHIP $1,047.29
Humana COMM $1,127.42
Curative Administrators COMM $1,196.91
BCBS Traditional $1,328.57
City of McKinney COMM $1,346.52
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,496.13
Aetna ASA $1,576.93
Aetna WCOMP $1,645.75
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,645.75
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,645.75
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,645.75
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,735.52
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,094.59
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,094.59
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,094.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,124.51
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,184.36
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,244.20
USA Managed Care COMM $2,393.82
USC Health Services COMM $2,393.82
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,543.43
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,992.27
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,992.27
Unicare MCD $2,992.27

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,602.58 $632.71 – $632.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,224.72 $252.09 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,530.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,224.72 $200.94 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,837.08

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