X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL
6800 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1902857766
$3,694.60
Cash price 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.
$3,694.60
Gross charge 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.
$70.50 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $3,694.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $70.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $74.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $76.14 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $76.14 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $77.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $77.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $77.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $77.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $77.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $88.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $127.49 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $136.19 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $136.19 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $153.55 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $153.55 | ↓ -96% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $161.18 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $214.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $214.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $239.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $239.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $239.14 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $258.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $258.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $258.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $258.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $258.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $302.66 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $457.29 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $457.29 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $479.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $498.77 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $502.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $517.24 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $639.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $905.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $953.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,248.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,293.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,477.84 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,529.56 | ↓ -59% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,662.57 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,662.57 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,847.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,865.77 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,032.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,032.03 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,032.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,032.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,117.01 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,142.87 | ↓ -42% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,586.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,586.22 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,623.17 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,770.95 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,770.95 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,955.68 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,955.68 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,140.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,694.60 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,694.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,694.60 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $464.96 | $70.50 – $581.20 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $464.96 | $70.50 – $581.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $242.35 | $49.88 – $363.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $453.73 | $70.50 – $567.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $464.96 | $70.50 – $581.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $242.35 | $75.44 – $363.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $242.35 | $70.50 – $363.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $453.73 | $70.50 – $680.60 |