X-ray skull < 4 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

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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.

$36.09 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $872.51 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 CHIP $36.09
United STARPLUS $36.09
United STARKids $36.09
United STAR $36.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.09
United CHIP $36.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.09
United STARPerinate $36.09
Amerigroup CHIP $36.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $37.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $38.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $38.98
Molina CHIP $39.70
Molina STAR+PLUS $39.70
Molina STARKIDS $39.70
Molina MCDSTAR $39.70
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.70
Humana MGMCD $45.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.08
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $61.08
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $61.08
Aetna NewBusiness $62.41
Aetna COMM $66.66
Aetna Meritain $66.66
Aetna OON $78.90
Cigna LocalPlus $105.61
Cigna NewBusiness $105.71
Cigna IFP $117.79
Cigna NetworkBenefit $117.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.96
Cigna HMO $117.96
Cigna QHP $122.15
Cigna AllOther $149.29
United OptionsPPO $150.94
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.76
Evry Health COMM $225.11
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $294.91
Unicare CHIP $305.38
Curative Administrators COMM $349.00
BCBS Traditional $361.22
City of McKinney COMM $392.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $392.63
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $436.25
Aetna ASA $440.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $479.88
Aetna WCOMP $479.88
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $479.88
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $479.88
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $499.95
BCBS PPO $502.12
Averde Health, Inc PPO $506.06
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $610.76
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $610.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $619.48
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $654.38
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $654.38
USA Managed Care COMM $698.01
USC Health Services COMM $698.01
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $741.63
Independent Medical Systems COMM $872.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $872.51
Unicare MCD $872.51

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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $277.54 $36.09 – $346.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $615.53 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $277.54 $36.09 – $346.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $309.63 $63.73 – $464.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $312.96 $36.09 – $391.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $277.54 $36.09 – $346.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $309.63 $38.62 – $464.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $309.63 $36.09 – $464.44

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