Heparin bolus from bag 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.

$0.21 with Humana vs $26.11 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
Humana Tricare $0.21
United SmallGroup $0.30
United AllPayerAppendix $0.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.30
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.48
BCBS BluePremier $0.57
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.71
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.71
BCBS EPOSOA $0.74
BCBS PPO $0.78
Cigna NewBusiness $1.33
Cigna LocalPlus $1.33
Humana COMM $1.43
Cigna HMO $1.49
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.49
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.83
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.83
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.83
Cigna AllOther $1.88
Cigna IFP $3.52
Aetna QHPHIX $3.52
Cigna QHP $3.66
United OptionsPPO $5.20
Aetna NewBusiness $5.20
Aetna Meritain $5.56
Aetna COMM $5.56
Unicare CHIP $6.27
Aetna OON $6.55
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8.83
BCBS Traditional $11.59
City of McKinney COMM $11.75
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $13.05
Aetna ASA $13.76
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $14.36
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $14.36
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $14.36
Aetna WCOMP $14.36
Averde Health, Inc PPO $15.14
USC Health Services COMM $15.67
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $18.28
Jostens WCOMP $18.28
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $18.28
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $18.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $19.58
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $19.58
USA Managed Care COMM $20.89
Galaxy Health Network PPO $22.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $26.11
Independent Medical Systems COMM $26.11
Unicare MCD $26.11

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