Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL
6800 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1902857766
$635.28
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$635.28
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.
$85.76 with Cigna vs $4,954.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | IFP | $85.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $88.94 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $113.08 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | COMM | $113.53 | ↓ -82% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $120.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $155.64 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $156.91 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $156.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $163.90 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $167.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $167.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $187.41 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $187.41 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $187.41 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $202.65 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $202.65 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $212.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $214.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $222.35 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $222.35 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $236.96 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $254.11 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $282.06 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $285.88 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $317.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $334.79 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $349.40 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $349.40 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $349.40 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $349.40 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $368.46 | ↓ -42% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $444.70 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $444.70 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $444.70 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $451.05 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $463.75 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $476.46 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $508.22 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $508.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $539.99 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $635.28 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $635.28 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $635.28 | ↑ +0% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | ↑ +49% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↑ +129% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↑ +296% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↑ +442% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↑ +480% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↑ +480% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↑ +582% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4,954.00 | ↑ +680% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $250.13 | $51.48 – $375.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $231.60 | $46.32 – $289.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $213.75 | $57.00 – $302.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $250.13 | $80.29 – $375.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $250.13 | $129.23 – $1,667.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $231.60 | $77.20 – $347.40 |