Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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 (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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$0.01 with Humana vs $145.04 with Unicare — 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
Humana Tricare $0.01
United SmallGroup $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
Cigna LocalPlus $0.06
Cigna NewBusiness $0.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.07
Cigna HMO $0.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.07
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.07
BCBS BluePremier $0.08
Cigna AllOther $0.09
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.10
BCBS PPO $0.11
BCBS EPOSOA $0.11
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $10.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.15
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $10.15
Aetna QHPHIX $19.58
Cigna IFP $19.58
Cigna QHP $20.31
United OptionsPPO $28.86
Aetna NewBusiness $28.86
Aetna COMM $30.89
Aetna Meritain $30.89
Unicare CHIP $34.81
Aetna OON $36.41
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $49.02
BCBS Traditional $64.40
City of McKinney COMM $65.27
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $72.52
Aetna ASA $76.44
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $79.77
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $79.77
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $79.77
Aetna WCOMP $79.77
Averde Health, Inc PPO $84.12
USC Health Services COMM $87.02
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $101.53
Jostens WCOMP $101.53
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $101.53
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $105.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $108.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $108.78
USA Managed Care COMM $116.03
Galaxy Health Network PPO $123.28
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $145.04
Independent Medical Systems COMM $145.04
Unicare MCD $145.04

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $175.50 $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41

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