X-ray exam si joints 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.

$33.41 with Amerigroup vs $502.12 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 $33.41
United STARPerinate $33.41
United STAR $33.41
United STARKids $33.41
United STARPLUS $33.41
United CHIP $33.41
Amerigroup CHIP $33.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.08
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.08
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.08
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.75
Molina CHIP $36.75
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.75
Molina STARKIDS $36.75
Molina MCDSTAR $36.75
Humana MGMCD $41.76
Aetna NewBusiness $56.99
Aetna Meritain $60.87
Aetna COMM $60.87
Aetna OON $72.05
Cigna LocalPlus $96.58
Cigna NewBusiness $96.68
Cigna NetworkBenefit $107.88
Cigna HMO $107.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.88
Cigna AllOther $136.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12

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X-ray exam si joints at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $162.73 $33.41 – $272.35
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $627.75 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.73 $33.41 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $246.16 $50.67 – $369.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $246.98 $33.41 – $308.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.73 $33.41 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $246.16 $35.75 – $369.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $246.16 $33.41 – $369.24

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