Heparin assay 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

$1,484.34

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.

$1,484.34

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.

$7.85 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,484.34 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7.85 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7.85 ↓ -99%
United STAR $11.00 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $11.00 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $11.00 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.00 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $11.00 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $11.00 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.88 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.10 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.10 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.10 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $12.10 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $12.10 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.02 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.09 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $13.09 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $13.09 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.09 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.09 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $13.09 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $13.09 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $13.16 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.20 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.35 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $13.48 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $13.48 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.74 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.74 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $13.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.88 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $14.10 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $14.27 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $14.27 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $14.27 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.40 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $15.58 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $16.64 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.02 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $19.63 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $19.63 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $19.63 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $19.63 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $19.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $22.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $22.92 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $23.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $24.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $24.41 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $24.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $25.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $25.79 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.92 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $28.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $28.73 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $29.32 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $29.32 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $34.03 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $50.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $50.43 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $56.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $56.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $71.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $103.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $103.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $103.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $103.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $103.90 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $145.41 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $200.39 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $207.81 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $264.21 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $363.66 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $382.96 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $501.71 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $519.52 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $659.05 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $667.95 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $742.17 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $782.25 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $816.39 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $816.39 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $816.39 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $816.39 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $860.92 ↓ -42%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,039.04 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,039.04 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,039.04 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,053.88 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,083.57 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,113.26 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,187.47 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,187.47 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,261.69 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,484.34 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,484.34 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,484.34 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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