Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL

1596 W Main St, LEWISVILLE, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1255384533

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 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.

$0.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,006.00 with Aetna — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.30
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.30
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.30
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.30
Cigna IFP $0.58
Cigna QHP $0.60
United OptionsPPO $0.86
Unicare CHIP $1.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.46
BCBS Traditional $1.91
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1.94
City of McKinney COMM $1.94
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.15
Aetna ASA $2.27
Aetna WCOMP $2.37
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.37
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.37
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.37
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2.50
USC Health Services COMM $2.59
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.02
Jostens WCOMP $3.02
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.02
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.23
USA Managed Care COMM $3.45
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3.66
Unicare MCD $4.31
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.31
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4.31
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $172.43
United STARPLUS $175.06
United CHIP $175.06
United STAR $175.06
United STARKids $175.06
United STARPerinate $175.06
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06
Molina STARKIDS $192.57
Molina CHIP $192.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57
Humana MGMCD $218.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60
BCBS BluePremier $256.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
United SmallGroup $341.20
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Humana COMM $672.05
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46
BCBS PPO $778.08
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna OON $1,006.00

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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,701.85 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,153.60 $236.02 – $3,230.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,670.05 $167.39 – $3,337.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,153.60 $167.39 – $3,230.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,153.60 $175.06 – $3,230.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,670.05 $167.39 – $4,005.08

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