Gastric mucosa imaging at MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL
1596 W Main St, LEWISVILLE, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1255384533
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Cash price 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 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.
$185.29 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $848.52 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $185.29 | — |
| United | STARKids | $188.11 | — |
| United | CHIP | $188.11 | — |
| United | STAR | $188.11 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $188.11 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $188.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $188.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $188.11 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $188.11 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $188.11 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $188.11 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $197.52 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $203.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $203.16 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $206.92 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $206.92 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $206.92 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $206.92 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $235.14 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $236.53 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $236.53 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $245.56 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $280.73 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $384.91 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $412.32 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $412.32 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $483.60 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $702.38 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $702.38 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $724.31 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $736.68 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $770.99 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Gastric mucosa imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $180.56 – $2,030.94 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $180.56 – $2,030.94 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $3,034.38 | $185.29 – $280.73 |
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $4,036.95 | $188.11 – $280.73 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $695.16 – $695.16 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $194.80 – $652.81 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $184.35 – $994.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $201.48 – $994.88 |