Microalbumin urine screen 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

$744.64

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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$744.64

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.

$3.74 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $744.64 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

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 $3.74 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.74 ↓ -99%
United STAR $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $5.23 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $5.23 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $5.23 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.23 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.65 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.75 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.75 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.75 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $5.75 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $5.75 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.20 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.23 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $6.23 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $6.23 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.23 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.23 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $6.23 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $6.23 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $6.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.28 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $6.29 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.35 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $6.42 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $6.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.54 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.54 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $6.54 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $6.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $6.79 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $6.79 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.85 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $7.41 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.93 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.10 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $9.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.92 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $11.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $11.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $11.63 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.27 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $13.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $13.69 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $16.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $23.22 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $23.25 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $25.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $25.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $32.83 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $52.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $52.12 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $56.06 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $100.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $104.25 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $132.55 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $182.44 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $192.12 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $251.69 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $260.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $330.62 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $335.09 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $372.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $392.43 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $409.55 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $409.55 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $409.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $409.55 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $431.89 ↓ -42%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $521.25 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $521.25 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $521.25 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $528.69 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $543.59 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $558.48 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $595.71 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $595.71 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $632.94 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $744.64 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $744.64 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $744.64 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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