Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL

6800 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1902857766

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$104.75 with United vs $1,817.20 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
United STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina CHIP $115.23
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $127.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $127.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $127.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $127.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $127.20
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $203.42
Aetna Meritain $217.29
Aetna COMM $217.29
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $245.32
Cigna QHP $254.41
Aetna OON $257.17
United OptionsPPO $314.38
Cigna LocalPlus $374.19
Cigna NewBusiness $374.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $417.94
Cigna HMO $417.94
Cigna NetworkBenefit $417.94
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $445.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Evry Health COMM $468.84
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12
Cigna AllOther $528.95
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $614.21
Unicare CHIP $636.02
Curative Administrators COMM $726.88
BCBS Traditional $752.32
United GlobalBenefitPlan $817.74
City of McKinney COMM $817.74
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $908.60
Aetna ASA $917.69
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $999.46
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $999.46
Aetna WCOMP $999.46
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $999.46
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,041.26
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,053.98
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,272.04
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,272.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,290.21
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,362.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,362.90
USA Managed Care COMM $1,453.76
USC Health Services COMM $1,453.76
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,544.62
Unicare MCD $1,817.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,817.20
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,817.20

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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $450.60 $99.77 – $563.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $450.60 $99.77 – $563.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $529.99 $109.09 – $794.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $491.43 $99.77 – $614.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $450.60 $99.77 – $563.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $529.99 $99.77 – $794.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $529.99 $104.75 – $794.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $491.43 $99.77 – $737.14

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