Echo stress 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

$10,320.73

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.

$10,320.73

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.

$185.11 with United vs $10,320.73 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 $185.11 ↓ -98%
United STAR $185.11 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $185.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $185.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $185.11 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $185.11 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $185.11 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $185.11 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $185.11 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $194.37 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $199.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $199.92 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $203.62 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $203.62 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $203.62 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $203.62 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $203.62 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $231.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $279.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $326.07 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $326.07 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $577.44 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $577.44 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $605.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $634.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $722.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $722.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $722.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $722.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $722.45 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $934.13 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $1,393.30 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,393.30 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,444.90 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,837.09 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $2,053.83 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $2,146.71 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $2,198.32 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $2,198.32 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,528.58 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $2,590.50 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $2,662.75 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $2,724.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $2,724.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,044.62 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $3,044.62 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,044.62 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,488.41 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $3,612.26 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $3,849.63 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,128.29 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $4,582.40 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $4,644.33 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,160.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $5,439.02 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,676.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,676.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,676.40 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $5,676.40 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,986.02 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7,224.51 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $7,224.51 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7,224.51 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,327.72 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $7,534.13 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7,740.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $8,256.58 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $8,256.58 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8,772.62 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10,320.73 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,320.73 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $10,320.73 ↑ +0%

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