Deep muscle biopsy 20205 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.

$802.97 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $9,302.00 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $802.97
United STARPerinate $815.20
United STARPLUS $815.20
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $815.20
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $815.20
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $815.20
United STARKids $815.20
United CHIP $815.20
United STAR $815.20
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $855.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $855.96
Amerigroup CHIP $855.96
Molina STARKIDS $896.72
Molina MCDSTAR $896.72
Molina CHIP $896.72
Molina STAR+PLUS $896.72
Aetna Better Health MCD $978.24
Aetna Better Health CHIP $978.24
Humana MGMCD $1,019.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
United SmallGroup $2,011.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,329.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,875.42
WellMed MGMCR $2,932.54
United AllPayerAppendix $3,150.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,101.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,101.56
BCBS BlueEssentials $5,449.39
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5,449.39
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,674.00
BCBS EPOSOA $5,727.66
BCBS PPO $5,982.74
Cigna LocalPlus $6,004.00
Cigna NewBusiness $6,010.00
Cigna HMO $6,708.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,708.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,708.00
Cigna AllOther $8,485.00
Humana COMM $9,302.00

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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,111.06 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,216.99 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,491.91 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,111.06 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,216.99 $85.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,216.99 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,491.91 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,111.06 $815.20 – $7,039.11

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