Cholesterol body fluid 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.

$27.05 with Superior Health Plan vs $386.41 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.05
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.05
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.05
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.05
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.05
Cigna IFP $52.17
Aetna QHPHIX $52.17
Cigna QHP $54.10
United OptionsPPO $68.78
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $73.42
Aetna NewBusiness $76.90
Oscar HIX $80.37
Aetna COMM $82.31
Aetna Meritain $82.31
Cigna LocalPlus $92.21
Cigna NewBusiness $92.30
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.67
BCBS MyBlueHealth $95.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $95.44
Aetna OON $96.99
Evry Health COMM $99.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.00
Cigna HMO $103.00
BCBS BluePremier $112.83
Humana COMM $119.75
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $123.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $123.26
BCBS EPOSOA $129.45
Cigna AllOther $130.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $130.61
BCBS PPO $135.24
Unicare CHIP $135.24
BCBS Traditional $171.57
City of McKinney COMM $173.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $193.21
Aetna ASA $203.64
Aetna WCOMP $212.53
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $212.53
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $212.53
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $212.53
Averde Health, Inc PPO $224.12
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $270.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $270.49
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $270.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $274.35
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $282.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $289.81
USC Health Services COMM $309.13
USA Managed Care COMM $309.13
Galaxy Health Network PPO $328.45
Unicare MCD $386.41
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $386.41
Independent Medical Systems COMM $386.41
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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