X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw 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.

$44.78 with United vs $1,921.68 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 CHIP $44.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.78
Amerigroup CHIP $44.78
United STARKids $44.78
United STAR $44.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $44.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $44.78
United STARPerinate $44.78
United STARPLUS $44.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $47.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $48.36
Aetna Better Health CHIP $48.36
Molina MCDSTAR $49.26
Molina CHIP $49.26
Molina STAR+PLUS $49.26
Molina STARKIDS $49.26
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $49.26
Humana MGMCD $55.98
Aetna NewBusiness $75.57
Aetna Meritain $80.73
Aetna COMM $80.73
Aetna OON $95.54
Cigna LocalPlus $126.27
Cigna NewBusiness $126.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $134.52
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $134.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $134.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $134.52
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $134.52
Cigna HMO $141.03
Cigna NetworkBenefit $141.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.03
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna AllOther $178.49
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $259.43
Cigna QHP $269.04
United OptionsPPO $332.45
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $470.81
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Evry Health COMM $495.79
BCBS PPO $502.12
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $649.53
Unicare CHIP $672.59
Curative Administrators COMM $768.67
BCBS Traditional $795.58
City of McKinney COMM $864.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $864.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $960.84
Aetna ASA $970.45
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,056.92
Aetna WCOMP $1,056.92
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,056.92
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,056.92
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,101.12
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,114.57
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,345.18
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,345.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,364.39
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,441.26
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,441.26
USC Health Services COMM $1,537.34
USA Managed Care COMM $1,537.34
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,633.43
Unicare MCD $1,921.68
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,921.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,921.68

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X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $432.22 $44.78 – $540.28
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $872.16 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $432.22 $44.78 – $540.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $369.36 $76.03 – $554.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $395.59 $44.78 – $494.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $432.22 $44.78 – $540.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $369.36 $47.91 – $554.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $369.36 $44.78 – $554.04

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