Insert cath pleura with image 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.

$172.16 with United 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
United CHIP $172.16
United STARPerinate $172.16
United STARPLUS $172.16
United STARKids $172.16
United STAR $172.16
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $446.27
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $446.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $468.58
Amerigroup CHIP $468.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $468.58
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $490.90
Molina CHIP $490.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $490.90
Molina STARKIDS $490.90
Molina MCDSTAR $490.90
Cigna IFP $508.75
Cigna QHP $527.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $535.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $535.52
Humana MGMCD $557.84
United OptionsPPO $670.79
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,170.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,273.75
Unicare CHIP $1,318.97
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,589.23
United SmallGroup $1,603.00
BCBS Traditional $1,673.21
City of McKinney COMM $1,695.82
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,884.24
Aetna ASA $1,985.99
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,022.60
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,072.67
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,072.67
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,072.67
Aetna WCOMP $2,072.67
Cigna LocalPlus $2,095.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,097.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,185.72
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,340.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,340.00
Cigna HMO $2,340.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,637.94
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,637.94
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,637.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,675.63
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,751.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,826.37
Cigna AllOther $2,960.00
USA Managed Care COMM $3,014.79
USC Health Services COMM $3,014.79
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,203.22
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,311.19
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,311.19
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Unicare MCD $3,768.49
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,768.49
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,768.49
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,931.02
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,931.02
BCBS EPOSOA $4,126.76
BCBS PPO $4,322.49
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $7,113.00

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,952.51 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,579.11 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,952.51 $85.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,952.51 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,579.11 $71.00 – $3,967.42

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