X-ray abdomen 1 view 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

$1,297.14

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.

$1,297.14

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.

$30.40 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,297.14 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $30.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $30.40 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $30.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.40 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $30.40 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $30.40 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $30.40 ↓ -98%
United STAR $30.40 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $30.40 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $31.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.83 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $32.83 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.44 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $33.44 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.44 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $33.44 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $33.44 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $38.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.24 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $52.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $52.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $62.26 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalPlus $82.39 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $82.47 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $90.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $90.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $90.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $90.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $90.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.02 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $92.02 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $116.46 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $175.11 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $181.60 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $224.41 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $317.80 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $334.66 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $357.55 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $438.43 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $454.00 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $518.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $537.02 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $583.71 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $583.71 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $648.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $655.06 ↓ -49%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $713.43 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $713.43 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $713.43 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $713.43 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $743.26 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $752.34 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $908.00 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $908.00 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $920.97 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $972.86 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $972.86 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,037.71 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,037.71 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,102.57 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,297.14 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,297.14 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,297.14 ↑ +0%

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