X-ray abdomen 2 views 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

$1,890.70

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.

$1,890.70

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.

$36.75 with United vs $1,890.70 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
United STAR $36.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $36.75 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $36.75 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $36.75 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $36.75 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $36.75 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $36.75 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.43 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $40.43 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $40.43 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $45.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $59.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $63.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $63.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $74.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $100.48 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $100.58 ↓ -95%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $112.22 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.22 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $112.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $132.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $132.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.35 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $142.03 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $255.24 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $264.70 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $327.09 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $463.22 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $487.80 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $502.12 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $639.06 ↓ -66%
Unicare CHIP $661.75 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $756.28 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $782.75 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $850.82 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $850.82 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $945.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $954.80 ↓ -50%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,039.88 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,039.88 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,039.88 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,039.88 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,083.37 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,096.61 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,323.49 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,323.49 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,342.40 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,418.03 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,418.03 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,512.56 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,512.56 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,607.10 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,890.70 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,890.70 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,890.70 ↑ +0%

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $850.70 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $328.57 $67.63 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $316.47 $36.75 – $395.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $328.57 $39.32 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $328.57 $36.75 – $492.85

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