Vit for macular pucker 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

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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.

$1,533.49 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $13,480.00 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,533.49
United CHIP $1,533.49
United STARKids $1,533.49
United STAR $1,533.49
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,533.49
United STARPerinate $1,533.49
United STARPLUS $1,533.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,610.16
Amerigroup CHIP $1,610.16
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,610.16
Molina CHIP $1,686.84
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,686.84
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,686.84
Molina STARKIDS $1,686.84
Molina MCDSTAR $1,686.84
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,840.19
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,840.19
Humana MGMCD $1,916.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2,369.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
WellMed MGMCR $4,173.02
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,734.73
Humana COMM $7,113.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7,300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7,751.21
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7,751.21
Curative Administrators COMM $7,799.00
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
Evry Health COMM $8,072.00
United SmallGroup $8,830.00
Cigna LocalPlus $8,843.00
Cigna NewBusiness $8,852.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $9,202.18
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9,202.18
BCBS EPOSOA $9,660.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9,880.00
Cigna HMO $9,880.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9,880.00
BCBS PPO $10,118.57
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11,362.00
Cigna AllOther $12,499.00
United AllPayerAppendix $13,480.00

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