Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection 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.

$0.48 with Humana vs $14.04 with BCBS — 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
Humana Tricare $0.48
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.49
United AllPayerAppendix $0.76
United SmallGroup $0.76
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.79
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.79
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.79
Cigna IFP $1.53
Aetna QHPHIX $1.53
Cigna QHP $1.59
United OptionsPPO $2.02
Aetna NewBusiness $2.26
Aetna Meritain $2.42
Aetna COMM $2.42
Aetna OON $2.85
Cigna LocalPlus $2.90
Cigna NewBusiness $2.91
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3.24
Cigna HMO $3.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.24
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.84
Unicare CHIP $3.97
Cigna AllOther $4.10
Humana COMM $4.22
BCBS Traditional $5.04
City of McKinney COMM $5.11
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5.67
Aetna ASA $5.98
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6.24
Aetna WCOMP $6.24
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6.24
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6.24
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6.58
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7.95
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.06
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8.29
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8.51
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.73
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.73
USA Managed Care COMM $9.08
USC Health Services COMM $9.08
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9.65
Unicare MCD $11.35
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11.35
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.78
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.78
BCBS BluePremier $13.26
BCBS EPOSOA $13.41
BCBS PPO $14.04

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