Vein x-ray skull 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.

$155.70 with Amerigroup vs $6,438.74 with United — 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $155.70
United STARPerinate $155.70
United STAR $155.70
United STARKids $155.70
United STARPLUS $155.70
United CHIP $155.70
Amerigroup CHIP $155.70
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $155.70
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $155.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $163.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $168.16
Aetna Better Health CHIP $168.16
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $171.27
Molina CHIP $171.27
Molina STAR+PLUS $171.27
Molina STARKIDS $171.27
Molina MCDSTAR $171.27
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $171.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $171.33
Humana MGMCD $194.63
Aetna NewBusiness $237.53
Aetna COMM $253.72
Aetna Meritain $253.72
Aetna OON $300.29
Cigna LocalPlus $380.40
Cigna NewBusiness $380.78
Cigna NetworkBenefit $424.88
Cigna HMO $424.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $424.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $510.24
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $510.24
BCBS EPOSOA $535.26
Cigna AllOther $537.74
BCBS PPO $560.27
United SmallGroup $826.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $826.97
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74

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Vein x-ray skull at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $2,122.85 $155.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,122.85 $155.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,864.02 $383.68 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,834.89 $155.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,122.85 $155.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,864.02 $166.60 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,864.02 $155.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,834.89 $155.70 – $7,896.23

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