Urine Culture Test 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

$1,507.55

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.

$1,507.55

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.

$4.84 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,507.55 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.84 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $4.84 ↓ -100%
United STAR $6.78 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $6.78 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $6.78 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.78 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $6.78 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.78 ↓ -100%
United STARPerinate $6.78 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.32 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.32 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.46 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.46 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.46 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $7.46 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $7.46 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $8.03 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.07 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $8.07 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.07 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $8.14 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.15 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $8.23 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.23 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.47 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.47 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.47 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.47 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.47 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.47 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.47 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $8.47 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.55 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.55 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $8.69 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $8.80 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $8.80 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $8.80 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.88 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.10 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $9.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $9.73 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $11.52 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.12 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $14.45 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.33 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $16.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $16.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $16.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $17.75 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $18.08 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $18.08 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $20.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.14 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalPlus $31.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $31.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $34.63 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $34.63 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.63 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $43.83 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $105.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $105.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $105.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $105.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $105.53 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $203.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $211.06 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $260.81 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $369.35 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $388.95 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $509.55 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $527.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $624.13 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $678.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $678.40 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $753.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $761.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $829.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $829.15 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $829.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $829.15 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $863.83 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $874.38 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,055.29 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,055.29 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,070.36 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,130.66 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,130.66 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,206.04 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,206.04 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,281.42 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,507.55 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,507.55 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,507.55 ↑ +0%

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