ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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.

$77.04 with Aetna Better Health vs $7,039.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Better Health MCD $77.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00
Amerigroup CHIP $363.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $400.00
Molina MCDSTAR $400.00
Molina CHIP $400.00
Molina STARKIDS $400.00
Cigna IFP $566.30
Cigna QHP $587.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $777.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $777.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $777.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $777.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $777.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $777.72
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $800.00
United OptionsPPO $834.77
Unicare CHIP $1,006.75
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,417.85
BCBS Traditional $1,862.50
City of McKinney COMM $1,887.66
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,097.41
Aetna ASA $2,210.66
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,307.15
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,307.15
Aetna WCOMP $2,307.15
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,307.15
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,432.99
Oscar HIX $2,433.00
USC Health Services COMM $2,516.89
Aetna QHPHIX $2,868.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,936.37
Jostens WCOMP $2,936.37
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,936.37
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3,049.63
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,146.11
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,146.11
USA Managed Care COMM $3,355.85
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,448.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,565.59
Aetna NewBusiness $3,930.00
United SmallGroup $4,100.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,194.81
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,194.81
Unicare MCD $4,194.81
Aetna COMM $4,200.00
Aetna Meritain $4,200.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,684.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,840.00
Aetna OON $4,941.00
Cigna LocalPlus $4,980.00
Cigna NewBusiness $4,985.00
Evry Health COMM $5,030.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $5,564.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,564.00
Cigna HMO $5,564.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,622.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,900.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,000.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,000.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6,280.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $6,280.00
BCBS EPOSOA $6,600.00
BCBS PPO $6,880.00
Cigna AllOther $7,039.00
Humana COMM not published by hospital
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,127.54 $1,942.36 – $1,942.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,327.80 $568.33 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,377.55 $489.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,377.55 $475.51 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,327.80 $568.33 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,377.55 $568.33 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,377.55 $1,228.40 – $5,475.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,377.55 $568.33 – $5,475.00

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