Exploration of knee joint at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
800 W Randol Mill Rd, Arlington, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1174533343
$2,593.50
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.
$4,322.50
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.
$1,088.27 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $12,345.00 with United Healthcare Options — 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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $1,088.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Cook Childrens | Managed Medicaid | $1,088.27 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $1,088.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,088.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Parkland | Managed Medicaid | $1,088.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $1,142.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $1,175.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Managed Medicaid | $1,197.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $1,737.65 | ↓ -33% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $2,031.58 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $2,217.87 | ↓ -14% |
| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $2,258.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $2,389.48 | ↓ -8% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $2,593.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $2,744.79 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,957.02 | ↑ +14% |
| PHCS | PPO | $3,004.14 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,012.78 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $3,030.07 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,030.07 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $3,047.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $3,241.88 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $3,292.33 | ↑ +27% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,292.33 | ↑ +27% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $3,358.17 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,424.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $3,456.94 | ↑ +33% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,456.94 | ↑ +33% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $3,456.94 | ↑ +33% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $3,621.56 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $3,654.48 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $3,713.03 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,720.33 | ↑ +43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $3,760.58 | ↑ +45% |
| USA | MCO | $3,803.80 | ↑ +47% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $3,803.80 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $4,067.47 | ↑ +57% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $9,560.00 | ↑ +269% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $12,345.00 | ↑ +376% |
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Exploration of knee joint at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington | Arlington | $2,593.50 | $1,088.27 – $1,197.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,245.69 | $71.00 – $9,368.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,795.64 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $6,245.69 | $85.00 – $9,368.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $6,245.69 | $1,088.27 – $9,368.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $4,795.64 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $6,245.69 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $6,245.69 | $71.00 – $9,368.54 |