Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) 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.

$173.41 with United vs $4,419.47 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
United STARPLUS $173.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $173.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $173.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $173.41
United CHIP $173.41
Amerigroup CHIP $173.41
United STARPerinate $173.41
United STAR $173.41
United STARKids $173.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $182.08
Aetna Better Health MCD $187.28
Aetna Better Health CHIP $187.28
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $190.75
Molina STARKIDS $190.75
Molina MCDSTAR $190.75
Molina CHIP $190.75
Molina STAR+PLUS $190.75
Humana MGMCD $216.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $309.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $309.36
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $309.36
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $309.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $309.36
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13
BCBS BluePremier $538.41
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Cigna IFP $596.63
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United SmallGroup $616.10
Cigna QHP $618.73
Humana COMM $670.66
United OptionsPPO $786.67
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Aetna OON $1,006.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,493.78
Unicare CHIP $1,546.81
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
BCBS Traditional $1,962.24
City of McKinney COMM $1,988.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,209.74
Aetna ASA $2,329.06
Aetna WCOMP $2,430.71
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,430.71
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,430.71
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,430.71
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,563.29
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,093.63
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,093.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,137.82
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3,226.21
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,314.60
USA Managed Care COMM $3,535.58
USC Health Services COMM $3,535.58
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,756.55
Unicare MCD $4,419.47
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,419.47
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,419.47

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $2,304.59 $173.41 – $2,880.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,651.93 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,304.59 $173.41 – $2,880.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,381.40 $490.17 – $3,572.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,381.40 $173.41 – $2,976.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,304.59 $173.41 – $2,880.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,381.40 $185.55 – $3,572.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,381.40 $173.41 – $3,572.10

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