Smear wet mount 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.

$1.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $52.37 with Humana — 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 STARHealth $1.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.43
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.43
Cigna IFP $2.75
Cigna QHP $2.85
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.49
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.49
United OptionsPPO $3.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.89
United STAR $4.89
United STARKids $4.89
United STARPLUS $4.89
United CHIP $4.89
United STARPerinate $4.89
Amerigroup CHIP $4.89
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4.99
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.13
Evry Health COMM $5.26
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.28
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.28
Molina STARKIDS $5.38
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.38
Molina CHIP $5.38
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.38
Molina MCDSTAR $5.38
WellMed MGMCR $5.79
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.82
Humana MGMCR $5.82
United SmallGroup $5.82
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.82
Devoted Health MME $5.82
Devoted Health SNP $5.82
Devoted Health MCR $5.82
Devoted Health POS $5.82
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82
Devoted Health HMO $5.82
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.82
BCBS MCRPPO $5.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.82
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.82
Devoted Health PPO $5.82
United MGMCR $5.85
Aetna MCR $5.87
Care N Care MGMCR $5.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.94
WellCare MGMCR $5.99
Integranet MGMCR $5.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.11
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.11
Humana MGMCD $6.11
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.11
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.17
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.17
Humana Tricare $6.28
Molina MCR $6.34
Molina MMP $6.34
Molina MME $6.34
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.47
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6.89
BCBS BluePremier $6.93
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.98
Unicare CHIP $7.13
Aetna QHPHIX $7.40
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.57
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.73
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.73
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.73
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.73
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.73
BCBS Traditional $9.04
City of McKinney COMM $9.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.19
Aetna NewBusiness $10.19
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10.19
Superior ValueHMO $10.42
Aetna ASA $10.73
Aetna COMM $10.85
Aetna Meritain $10.85
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.06
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11.20
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11.20
Aetna WCOMP $11.20
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11.20
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.47
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.47
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.52
Averde Health, Inc PPO $11.81
BCBS EPOSOA $12.05
BCBS PPO $12.63
Aetna OON $12.77
Superior EPO $13.04
Superior HMO $13.04
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $14.26
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $14.26
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $14.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14.46
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $14.87
Oscar HIX $15.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $15.28
USC Health Services COMM $16.30
USA Managed Care COMM $16.30
Galaxy Health Network PPO $17.31
Independent Medical Systems COMM $20.37
Unicare MCD $20.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20.37
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51
Cigna HMO $24.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51
Cigna AllOther $31.01
Humana COMM $52.37
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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