Echo tee guidance 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

$18,574.36

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.

$18,574.36

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.

$216.56 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $18,574.36 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 $216.56 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $219.86 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $219.86 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $219.86 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $219.86 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $219.86 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $219.86 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $219.86 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $219.86 ↓ -99%
United STAR $219.86 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $219.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $230.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $237.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $237.45 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $241.85 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $241.85 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $241.85 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $241.85 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $274.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $558.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $651.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $651.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,153.12 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,153.12 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,209.95 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $1,266.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,300.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,300.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,300.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,300.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,300.21 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $1,630.83 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,507.54 ↓ -86%
Cigna IFP $2,507.54 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $2,600.41 ↓ -86%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3,529.13 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,696.30 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $3,696.30 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $3,863.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $3,956.34 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $3,956.34 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $4,457.85 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,550.72 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $4,662.16 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $4,792.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $4,903.63 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $4,903.63 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,479.44 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $5,479.44 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $5,479.44 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6,278.13 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $6,928.24 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $7,429.74 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $8,247.02 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $8,358.46 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $8,358.46 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $9,287.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $9,788.69 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $10,215.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $10,215.90 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $10,215.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $10,215.90 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $10,773.13 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $11,144.62 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $13,002.05 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $13,002.05 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $13,002.05 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $13,002.05 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $13,503.56 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $13,930.77 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $13,930.77 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $14,859.49 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $15,788.21 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $18,574.36 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $18,574.36 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $18,574.36 ↑ +0%

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