Insert cath pleura with image 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

$3,166.10

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.

$3,166.10

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.

$181.11 with United vs $7,113.00 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
United STARPerinate $181.11 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $181.11 ↓ -94%
United STAR $181.11 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $181.11 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $181.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $221.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $221.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $221.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $221.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $221.63 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $427.42 ↓ -87%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $439.58 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $443.25 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $446.27 ↓ -86%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $446.27 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $446.27 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $468.58 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $468.58 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup CHIP $468.58 ↓ -85%
Molina MCDSTAR $490.90 ↓ -84%
Molina CHIP $490.90 ↓ -84%
Molina STAR+PLUS $490.90 ↓ -84%
Molina STARKIDS $490.90 ↓ -84%
Aetna Better Health MCD $535.52 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $535.52 ↓ -83%
Humana MGMCD $557.84 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $630.05 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $759.86 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,070.14 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00 ↓ -62%
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $1,405.75 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,424.74 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,583.05 ↓ -50%
WellMed MGMCR $1,589.23 ↓ -50%
United SmallGroup $1,603.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASA $1,668.53 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,741.36 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,741.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,741.36 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,741.36 ↓ -45%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,769.00 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,836.34 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $1,899.66 ↓ -40%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -37%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -36%
BCBS BluePremier $2,022.60 ↓ -36%
Cigna LocalPlus $2,095.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna NewBusiness $2,097.00 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,216.27 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,216.27 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,216.27 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $2,216.27 ↓ -30%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,301.75 ↓ -27%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,340.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna HMO $2,340.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,340.00 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,374.57 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,374.57 ↓ -25%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -21%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,532.88 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,691.18 ↓ -15%
Cigna AllOther $2,960.00 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,166.10 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,166.10 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,166.10 ↑ +0%
Oscar HIX $3,293.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,588.49 ↑ +13%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,588.49 ↑ +13%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,833.16 ↑ +21%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,833.16 ↑ +21%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,028.89 ↑ +27%
BCBS PPO $4,208.32 ↑ +33%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +37%
Humana COMM $7,113.00 ↑ +125%

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