Bundled special stain group 2 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.

$10.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $500.94 with Humana — 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 STARHealth $10.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.39
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $10.39
Cigna IFP $20.03
Cigna QHP $20.78
United OptionsPPO $29.53
Oscar HIX $30.87
United SmallGroup $33.84
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84
Unicare CHIP $35.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $36.36
Evry Health COMM $38.29
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $50.16
BCBS BluePremier $56.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50
BCBS Traditional $65.89
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $66.78
City of McKinney COMM $66.78
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $74.20
Aetna ASA $78.21
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $81.62
Aetna WCOMP $81.62
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $81.62
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $81.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $82.57
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $82.57
Averde Health, Inc PPO $86.07
BCBS EPOSOA $86.58
USC Health Services COMM $89.04
BCBS PPO $90.60
Aetna QHPHIX $91.48
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $103.88
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $103.88
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $103.88
Jostens WCOMP $103.88
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $107.89
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $111.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $111.30
USA Managed Care COMM $118.72
Aetna NewBusiness $126.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $126.14
Aetna Meritain $134.20
Aetna COMM $134.20
Unicare MCD $148.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $148.40
Independent Medical Systems COMM $148.40
Aetna OON $157.93
Cigna LocalPlus $269.62
Cigna NewBusiness $269.89
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $301.15
Cigna HMO $301.15
Cigna NetworkBenefit $301.15
Cigna AllOther $381.14
Humana COMM $500.94
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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