Red blood cells each unit 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.

$125.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,797.40 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $125.82
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $125.82
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $125.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $125.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $125.82
Aetna QHPHIX $155.99
Aetna NewBusiness $214.85
Aetna Meritain $228.83
Aetna COMM $228.83
Cigna IFP $242.65
Cigna QHP $251.64
Aetna OON $269.30
United OptionsPPO $319.94
Oscar HIX $373.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $440.36
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $443.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $443.96
Evry Health COMM $463.73
Cigna LocalPlus $474.51
Cigna NewBusiness $474.51
BCBS BluePremier $524.84
Cigna NetworkBenefit $530.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $530.23
Cigna HMO $530.23
BCBS BlueEssentials $573.37
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $573.37
BCBS EPOSOA $602.13
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $607.52
Unicare CHIP $629.09
BCBS PPO $629.09
Cigna AllOther $670.43
Curative Administrators COMM $718.96
BCBS Traditional $798.05
City of McKinney COMM $808.83
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $898.70
Aetna ASA $947.23
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $988.57
Aetna WCOMP $988.57
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $988.57
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $988.57
Humana COMM $1,021.48
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,042.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,258.18
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,258.18
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,258.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,276.15
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,312.10
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,348.05
USA Managed Care COMM $1,437.92
USC Health Services COMM $1,437.92
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,527.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,797.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,797.40
Unicare MCD $1,797.40

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