Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet 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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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.

$0.02 with United vs $3.86 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 SmallGroup $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.03
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.03
BCBS BluePremier $0.05
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.05
Humana Tricare $0.06
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.06
BCBS PPO $0.06
Cigna NewBusiness $0.12
Cigna LocalPlus $0.12
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.14
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.14
Cigna HMO $0.14
Cigna AllOther $0.17
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.27
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.27
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.27
Humana COMM $0.50
Aetna QHPHIX $0.52
Cigna IFP $0.52
Cigna QHP $0.54
United OptionsPPO $0.69
Aetna NewBusiness $0.77
Aetna Meritain $0.82
Aetna COMM $0.82
Aetna OON $0.97
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.30
Unicare CHIP $1.35
BCBS Traditional $1.71
City of McKinney COMM $1.74
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1.93
Aetna ASA $2.03
Aetna WCOMP $2.12
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.12
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.12
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.12
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2.24
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2.70
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2.74
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2.90
USA Managed Care COMM $3.09
USC Health Services COMM $3.09
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3.28
Unicare MCD $3.86
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3.86
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3.86

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