Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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.

$240.89 with WellMed vs $7,113.00 with Humana — 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
WellMed MGMCR $240.89
Cigna IFP $242.36
Cigna QHP $251.33
BCBS BluePremier $288.97
United OptionsPPO $319.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $473.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $473.07
BCBS BlueEssentials $561.63
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $561.63
BCBS EPOSOA $589.59
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $606.79
BCBS PPO $617.56
Unicare CHIP $628.33
BCBS Traditional $797.08
City of McKinney COMM $807.85
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $897.62
Aetna ASA $946.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $987.38
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $987.38
Aetna WCOMP $987.38
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $987.38
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,041.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,256.66
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,256.66
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,256.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,274.61
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,310.52
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,346.42
USA Managed Care COMM $1,436.18
USC Health Services COMM $1,436.18
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,525.95
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
Unicare MCD $1,795.23
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,795.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,795.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,954.00
Humana COMM $7,113.00

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