Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$1,335.88

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.

$1,335.88

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.

$25.73 with United vs $1,335.88 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
United STARKids $25.73 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $25.73 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $25.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $25.73 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $25.73 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $25.73 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $25.73 ↓ -98%
United STAR $25.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $27.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $27.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.79 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $28.30 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.30 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $28.30 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $28.30 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $28.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $28.47 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $32.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $39.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $41.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $41.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $49.04 ↓ -96%
Humana COMM $51.08 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $66.90 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $66.97 ↓ -95%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $74.73 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $74.73 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $74.73 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $93.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $93.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $93.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $93.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $93.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $94.58 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $180.34 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $187.02 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $237.79 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $327.29 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $344.66 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $451.53 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $467.56 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $534.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $593.13 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $601.15 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $667.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $704.01 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $734.73 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $734.73 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $734.73 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $734.73 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $774.81 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $935.12 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $935.12 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $935.12 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $948.47 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $975.19 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,001.91 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,068.70 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,068.70 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,135.50 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,335.88 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,335.88 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,335.88 ↑ +0%

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $687.73 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $327.08 $67.32 – $490.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.81 $25.73 – $437.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $327.08 $27.53 – $490.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $327.08 $25.73 – $490.62

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