Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington

811 Wright Street, Arlington, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1407169196

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$3,264.90

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.

$5,441.50

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.

$175.06 with United Healthcare vs $5,120.45 with Cigna — 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 Healthcare Managed Medicaid $175.06 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $175.06 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $175.06 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $175.06 ↓ -95%
American Health Medicare Advantage $176.49 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $176.49 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $180.02 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $183.55 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $183.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $183.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $185.32 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $185.32 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Advantage $185.32 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $189.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $192.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $194.14 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $195.90 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $199.43 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $614.99 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $677.86 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $683.33 ↓ -79%
Aetna Whole Health $916.50 ↓ -72%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $963.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,115.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial $1,222.00 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $1,291.76 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,458.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP/HMO $1,792.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO $2,053.00 ↓ -37%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $2,557.51 ↓ -22%
Quick Trip Commercial $3,264.90 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $3,781.84 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $3,814.49 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $3,814.49 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $4,081.13 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $4,734.11 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $4,788.52 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $4,788.52 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $5,120.45 ↑ +57%

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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $3,264.90 $175.06 – $192.57
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $5,079.39 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,721.60 $236.02 – $4,082.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,721.60 $167.39 – $3,402.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,721.60 $167.39 – $4,082.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,721.60 $175.06 – $4,082.40

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