Crystal identification light microscopy 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.

$4.40 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $441.90 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $4.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.40
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $6.07
United CHIP $6.16
Amerigroup CHIP $6.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.16
United STARPerinate $6.16
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.16
United STARPLUS $6.16
United STARKids $6.16
United STAR $6.16
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.47
Aetna Better Health CHIP $6.65
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.65
Molina STAR+PLUS $6.78
Molina CHIP $6.78
Molina MCDSTAR $6.78
Molina STARKIDS $6.78
WellMed MGMCR $7.29
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.33
Devoted Health SNP $7.33
Devoted Health HMO $7.33
Devoted Health POS $7.33
Devoted Health MCR $7.33
Devoted Health MME $7.33
Devoted Health PPO $7.33
Humana MGMCR $7.33
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.33
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.33
United SmallGroup $7.33
BCBS MCRPPO $7.33
TriWest Health Alliance FEDERAL $7.33
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.33
United MGMCR $7.37
Aetna MCR $7.39
Care N Care MGMCR $7.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.48
Integranet MGMCR $7.55
WellCare MGMCR $7.55
Humana Tricare $7.69
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $7.70
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $7.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $7.70
ProCare Advantge MCR $7.70
Humana MGMCD $7.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $7.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $7.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $7.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $7.70
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $7.77
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $7.77
Molina MME $7.99
Molina MCR $7.99
Molina MMP $7.99
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.06
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.80
Aetna QHPHIX $9.33
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $9.53
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $11.00
Bravo Health MCRHMO $11.00
Bravo Health MCRPOS $11.00
Bravo Health MCRPPO $11.00
Bravo Health MCRSNP $11.00
BCBS BluePremier $12.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.83
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.83
Aetna NewBusiness $12.85
Superior ValueHMO $13.12
Aetna COMM $13.68
Aetna Meritain $13.68
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $13.93
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.51
Aetna OON $16.10
Superior HMO $16.42
Superior EPO $16.42
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.11
BCBS EPOSOA $18.98
Oscar HIX $19.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.20
BCBS PPO $19.86
Cigna LocalPlus $28.40
Cigna NewBusiness $28.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.93
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $30.93
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.93
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.93
Cigna NetworkBenefit $31.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $31.72
Cigna HMO $31.72
Cigna AllOther $40.14
Cigna IFP $59.66
Cigna QHP $61.87
Humana COMM $79.45
United OptionsPPO $87.94
Unicare CHIP $106.06
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $108.27
Evry Health COMM $114.01
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $149.36
BCBS Traditional $196.20
City of McKinney COMM $198.85
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $198.85
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $220.95
Aetna ASA $232.88
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $243.04
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $243.04
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $243.04
Aetna WCOMP $243.04
Averde Health, Inc PPO $256.30
USC Health Services COMM $265.14
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $309.33
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $309.33
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $309.33
Jostens WCOMP $309.33
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $321.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $331.43
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $331.43
USA Managed Care COMM $353.52
Galaxy Health Network PPO $375.62
Unicare MCD $441.90
Independent Medical Systems COMM $441.90
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $441.90
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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