Venous sampling s&i 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.

$105.25 with Amerigroup vs $20,590.93 with BCBS — 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 $105.25
United STARPerinate $105.25
United STAR $105.25
United STARKids $105.25
United STARPLUS $105.25
United CHIP $105.25
Amerigroup CHIP $105.25
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $105.25
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $105.25
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $110.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.67
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.67
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.78
Molina CHIP $115.78
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.78
Molina STARKIDS $115.78
Molina MCDSTAR $115.78
Humana MGMCD $131.56
Aetna NewBusiness $180.96
Aetna Meritain $193.30
Aetna COMM $193.30
Aetna OON $228.77
Cigna LocalPlus $305.52
Cigna NewBusiness $305.82
Cigna NetworkBenefit $341.24
Cigna HMO $341.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $341.24
Cigna AllOther $431.88
United SmallGroup $5,757.70
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,757.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,296.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,296.78
United AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18,752.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $18,752.46
BCBS EPOSOA $19,671.69
BCBS PPO $20,590.93

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Venous sampling s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $4,762.80 $105.25 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,762.80 $105.25 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,762.80 $980.34 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,200.00 $105.25 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,762.80 $105.25 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,762.80 $112.62 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,762.80 $105.25 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,200.00 $105.25 – $13,613.39

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