Electron microscopy diagnostic at MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL
6800 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1902857766
$10,723.71
Cash price 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.
$10,723.71
Gross charge 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.
$501.89 with Aetna vs $10,723.71 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $501.89 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $656.15 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $656.15 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $691.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMM | $736.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $736.26 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $747.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $750.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $750.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $750.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $750.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $750.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OON | $866.47 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,099.35 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,099.35 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,237.55 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,237.55 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,300.37 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,363.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,447.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,501.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,529.35 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,530.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,708.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,708.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,708.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,908.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,161.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,230.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | COMM | $2,313.01 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,627.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,766.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,624.61 | ↓ -66% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $3,753.30 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,761.33 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,825.67 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $5,361.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,651.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,898.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,898.04 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,898.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,898.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $6,219.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $7,506.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $7,506.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $7,506.60 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,613.83 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $7,828.31 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $8,042.78 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $8,578.97 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $8,578.97 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $9,115.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $10,723.71 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10,723.71 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $10,723.71 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $1,817.00 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,817.00 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,817.00 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,817.00 | $26.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |