Artery x-rays chest 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.

$162.92 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $11,833.37 with BCBS — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $162.92
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $165.40
United CHIP $165.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $165.40
United STAR $165.40
United STARKids $165.40
United STARPLUS $165.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $165.40
United STARPerinate $165.40
Amerigroup CHIP $165.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $165.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $173.67
Aetna QHPHIX $174.18
Aetna Better Health MCD $178.63
Aetna Better Health CHIP $178.63
Molina STARKIDS $181.94
Molina MCDSTAR $181.94
Molina CHIP $181.94
Molina STAR+PLUS $181.94
Humana MGMCD $206.75
Aetna NewBusiness $238.82
Aetna COMM $255.83
Aetna Meritain $255.83
Aetna OON $300.06
Cigna LocalPlus $413.45
Cigna NewBusiness $413.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $461.80
Cigna HMO $461.80
Cigna NetworkBenefit $461.80
Humana COMM $463.90
Cigna AllOther $584.46
United SmallGroup $3,365.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,365.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,630.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,630.38
BCBS BluePremier $3,768.94
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,780.28
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,780.28
BCBS EPOSOA $11,306.82
BCBS PPO $11,833.37

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Artery x-rays chest at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,498.28 $514.23 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,943.48 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,498.28 $176.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,498.28 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,943.48 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23

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