Chest X-ray (single view) 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.

$25.34 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,082.50 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $25.34
United STARKids $25.73
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $25.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.73
Amerigroup CHIP $25.73
United CHIP $25.73
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $25.73
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $25.73
United STARPerinate $25.73
United STAR $25.73
United STARPLUS $25.73
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $27.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.79
Aetna Better Health CHIP $27.79
Molina CHIP $28.30
Molina STAR+PLUS $28.30
Molina STARKIDS $28.30
Molina MCDSTAR $28.30
Aetna QHPHIX $28.47
Humana MGMCD $32.16
Aetna NewBusiness $39.03
Aetna COMM $41.81
Aetna Meritain $41.81
Aetna OON $49.04
Humana COMM $51.08
Cigna LocalPlus $66.90
Cigna NewBusiness $66.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $74.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $74.73
Cigna HMO $74.73
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $75.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $75.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $75.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $75.78
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $75.78
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna AllOther $94.58
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BluePremier $108.54
Cigna IFP $146.14
Cigna QHP $151.55
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $215.42
Unicare CHIP $259.80
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $265.21
Evry Health COMM $279.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $365.88
Curative Administrators COMM $433.00
BCBS Traditional $480.63
City of McKinney COMM $487.13
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $487.13
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $541.25
Aetna ASA $570.48
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $595.38
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $595.38
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $595.38
Aetna WCOMP $595.38
Averde Health, Inc PPO $627.85
USC Health Services COMM $649.50
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $757.75
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $757.75
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $757.75
Jostens WCOMP $757.75
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $786.98
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $811.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $811.88
USA Managed Care COMM $866.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $920.13
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,082.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,082.50
Unicare MCD $1,082.50

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $687.73 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $327.08 $67.32 – $490.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.81 $25.73 – $437.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $327.08 $27.53 – $490.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $327.08 $25.73 – $490.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $349.81 $25.73 – $524.72

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