Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$76.78

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.

$76.78

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.

$5.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $76.78 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $10.37 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.37 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $10.75 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $13.67 ↓ -82%
Humana COMM $14.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $15.28 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $15.97 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $16.35 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $16.35 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $18.81 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $19.27 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $19.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $20.27 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $20.27 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.65 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $22.65 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $22.65 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $25.95 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $26.87 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $28.64 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $30.71 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $34.09 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $34.55 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $34.68 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.68 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $38.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $40.46 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $42.23 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $42.23 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $42.23 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $42.23 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $44.53 ↓ -42%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $53.75 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $53.75 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $53.75 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $54.51 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $56.05 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $57.59 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueEssentials $61.41 ↓ -20%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $61.41 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $61.42 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $61.42 ↓ -20%
BCBS EPOSOA $64.44 ↓ -16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $65.26 ↓ -15%
BCBS PPO $67.46 ↓ -12%
Unicare MCD $76.78 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $76.78 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $76.78 ↑ +0%

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $48.71 $8.93 – $80.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $126.18 $48.55 – $48.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $48.71 $13.80 – $80.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48.71 $10.03 – $73.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $48.71 $9.74 – $71.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $48.71 $12.99 – $80.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $48.71 $15.64 – $73.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $48.71 $25.17 – $73.07

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