Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.

$0.11 with Humana vs $205.58 with Unicare — 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
Humana Tricare $0.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.11
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.53
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.53
Cigna LocalPlus $0.73
Cigna NewBusiness $0.73
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.77
BCBS BluePremier $0.80
Cigna HMO $0.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.81
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.81
BCBS EPOSOA $0.81
BCBS PPO $0.83
Cigna AllOther $1.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.39
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.39
Aetna QHPHIX $27.75
Cigna IFP $27.75
Cigna QHP $28.78
United OptionsPPO $36.59
Aetna NewBusiness $40.91
Superior HMO $41.12
Superior EPO $41.12
Superior ValueHMO $41.12
Aetna Meritain $43.79
Aetna COMM $43.79
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.40
Aetna OON $51.60
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $69.49
Unicare CHIP $71.95
BCBS Traditional $91.28
City of McKinney COMM $92.51
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $102.79
Aetna ASA $108.34
Aetna WCOMP $113.07
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $113.07
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $113.07
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $113.07
Averde Health, Inc PPO $119.24
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $143.91
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $143.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $145.96
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $150.07
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $154.19
USC Health Services COMM $164.46
USA Managed Care COMM $164.46
Galaxy Health Network PPO $174.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $205.58
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $205.58
Unicare MCD $205.58

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