Tc-99m labeled rbc 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

$1,236.71

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.

$1,236.71

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.

$70.00 with Imaging Providers of Texas vs $1,236.71 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $86.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $86.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $86.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $86.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $86.57 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $166.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $173.14 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $179.67 ↓ -85%
United SmallGroup $179.67 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $179.67 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $220.13 ↓ -82%
Aetna QHPHIX $229.53 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $234.97 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $257.24 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $302.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $310.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $314.71 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $319.07 ↓ -74%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.95 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $320.95 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $337.12 ↓ -73%
Aetna Meritain $337.12 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $418.01 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $432.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueEssentials $469.80 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $469.80 ↓ -62%
BCBS BluePremier $487.48 ↓ -61%
BCBS EPOSOA $493.06 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $494.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $516.32 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $549.10 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $556.52 ↓ -55%
Cigna LocalPlus $576.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna NewBusiness $577.05 ↓ -53%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $618.36 ↓ -50%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $644.03 ↓ -48%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $644.03 ↓ -48%
Cigna HMO $644.03 ↓ -48%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $680.19 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $680.19 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $680.19 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $680.19 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $717.29 ↓ -42%
Humana COMM $801.79 ↓ -35%
Cigna AllOther $814.75 ↓ -34%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $865.70 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $865.70 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $865.70 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $878.06 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $902.80 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $927.53 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $989.37 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $989.37 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,051.20 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,236.71 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,236.71 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,236.71 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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