Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$426.62

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.

$426.62

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.

$10.79 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $426.62 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 $10.79 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $10.79 ↓ -97%
United STAR $15.10 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $15.10 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $15.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.10 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $15.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $15.10 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.31 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.31 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.61 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $16.61 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $16.61 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $16.61 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $16.61 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $17.89 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $17.98 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $18.13 ↓ -96%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.16 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $18.88 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $18.88 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $18.88 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.06 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.06 ↓ -96%
Humana Tricare $19.37 ↓ -95%
Molina MMP $19.60 ↓ -95%
Molina MCR $19.60 ↓ -95%
Molina MME $19.60 ↓ -95%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $19.78 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.29 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.58 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $21.69 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $21.69 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $25.68 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $26.97 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $26.97 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $26.97 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $26.97 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $26.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $29.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $29.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $29.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $31.46 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $32.18 ↓ -92%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.16 ↓ -92%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.60 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.96 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.96 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $37.76 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $39.56 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $40.28 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $40.28 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $46.75 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.11 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $57.59 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $59.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $68.43 ↓ -84%
Cigna NewBusiness $68.50 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $73.81 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $76.43 ↓ -82%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $76.43 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.43 ↓ -82%
Cigna AllOther $96.73 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $104.52 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $110.07 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $144.20 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $149.32 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $176.62 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $191.98 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $191.98 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $213.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $215.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $234.64 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $234.64 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $234.64 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $234.64 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $244.45 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $247.44 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $298.63 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $298.63 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $302.90 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $319.96 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $319.96 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $341.30 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $341.30 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $362.63 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $426.62 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $426.62 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $426.62 ↑ +0%

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