Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$2.86 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $673.35 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 STAR $2.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.86
United CHIP $4.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.00
Amerigroup CHIP $4.00
United STARPerinate $4.00
United STARPLUS $4.00
United STARKids $4.00
United STAR $4.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.20
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.32
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.32
Molina CHIP $4.40
Molina STARKIDS $4.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.40
Molina MCDSTAR $4.40
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.40
WellMed MGMCR $4.74
Devoted Health MCR $4.76
Devoted Health PPO $4.76
Devoted Health SNP $4.76
Devoted Health HMO $4.76
Devoted Health POS $4.76
Devoted Health MME $4.76
Humana MGMCR $4.76
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.76
United SmallGroup $4.76
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.76
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.76
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.76
BCBS MCRPPO $4.76
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.76
United MGMCR $4.78
Aetna MCR $4.80
Care N Care MGMCR $4.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.86
WellCare MGMCR $4.90
Integranet MGMCR $4.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.00
Humana MGMCD $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.00
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.00
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.00
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.05
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.05
Humana Tricare $5.13
Molina MME $5.19
Molina MCR $5.19
Molina MMP $5.19
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.29
BCBS BluePremier $5.66
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.71
Aetna QHPHIX $6.06
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.19
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.14
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.14
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.33
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.33
Aetna NewBusiness $8.35
Superior ValueHMO $8.52
Aetna COMM $8.89
Aetna Meritain $8.89
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9.38
BCBS BlueEssentials $9.38
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.42
BCBS EPOSOA $9.85
BCBS PPO $10.33
Aetna OON $10.47
Superior EPO $10.66
Superior HMO $10.66
Oscar HIX $12.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.47
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20
Cigna HMO $20.20
Cigna AllOther $25.57
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.13
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $47.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.13
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.13
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $47.13
Humana COMM $51.11
Cigna IFP $90.90
Cigna QHP $94.27
United OptionsPPO $119.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $164.97
Evry Health COMM $173.72
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $227.59
Unicare CHIP $235.67
BCBS Traditional $298.97
City of McKinney COMM $303.01
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $336.68
Aetna ASA $354.86
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $370.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $370.34
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $370.34
Aetna WCOMP $370.34
Averde Health, Inc PPO $390.54
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $471.35
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $471.35
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $471.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $478.08
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $491.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $505.01
USC Health Services COMM $538.68
USA Managed Care COMM $538.68
Galaxy Health Network PPO $572.35
Unicare MCD $673.35
Independent Medical Systems COMM $673.35
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $673.35
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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