X-ray sternum > 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

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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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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.

$33.75 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $790.36 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 $33.75
Amerigroup CHIP $33.75
United STARPerinate $33.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.75
United STARPLUS $33.75
United STARKids $33.75
United STAR $33.75
United CHIP $33.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.45
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $37.13
Molina CHIP $37.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.13
Molina STARKIDS $37.13
Molina MCDSTAR $37.13
Humana MGMCD $42.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.33
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.33
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.33
Aetna NewBusiness $56.21
Aetna COMM $60.05
Aetna Meritain $60.05
Aetna OON $71.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $94.02
Cigna NewBusiness $94.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.01
Cigna HMO $105.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $105.01
Cigna IFP $106.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna QHP $110.65
Cigna AllOther $132.90
United OptionsPPO $136.73
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $193.64
Evry Health COMM $203.91
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $267.14
Unicare CHIP $276.63
Curative Administrators COMM $316.14
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS Traditional $327.21
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
United GlobalBenefitPlan $355.66
City of McKinney COMM $355.66
BCBS PPO $357.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $395.18
Aetna ASA $399.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $434.70
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $434.70
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $434.70
Aetna WCOMP $434.70
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $452.88
Averde Health, Inc PPO $458.41
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $553.25
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $553.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $561.16
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $592.77
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $592.77
USC Health Services COMM $632.29
USA Managed Care COMM $632.29
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $671.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $790.36
Independent Medical Systems COMM $790.36
Unicare MCD $790.36

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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $218.24 $33.75 – $272.80
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $513.31 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.24 $33.75 – $272.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $264.39 $54.42 – $396.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $331.66 $33.75 – $414.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.24 $33.75 – $272.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $264.39 $36.11 – $396.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $264.39 $33.75 – $396.58

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