Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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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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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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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$0.60 with Humana vs $20.65 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Humana Tricare $0.60
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.62
United SmallGroup $1.09
United AllPayerAppendix $1.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.31
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.31
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.31
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.31
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.31
Cigna IFP $2.52
Aetna QHPHIX $2.52
Cigna QHP $2.62
United OptionsPPO $3.33
Aetna NewBusiness $3.72
Aetna Meritain $3.98
Aetna COMM $3.98
Cigna LocalPlus $4.30
Cigna NewBusiness $4.30
Aetna OON $4.69
Cigna HMO $4.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.80
Cigna NetworkBenefit $4.80
Humana COMM $4.86
Cigna AllOther $6.07
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6.32
Unicare CHIP $6.54
BCBS Traditional $8.30
City of McKinney COMM $8.41
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $9.35
Aetna ASA $9.85
Aetna WCOMP $10.28
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $10.28
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $10.28
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $10.28
Averde Health, Inc PPO $10.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.83
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.83
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $13.08
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $13.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $13.27
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $13.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $14.02
USC Health Services COMM $14.95
USA Managed Care COMM $14.95
Galaxy Health Network PPO $15.89
Unicare MCD $18.69
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $18.69
Independent Medical Systems COMM $18.69
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.79
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.79
BCBS BluePremier $19.49
BCBS EPOSOA $19.72
BCBS PPO $20.65

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