Knee X-ray (standing, both knees) at MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL

1596 W Main St, LEWISVILLE, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1255384533

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$39.50 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $357.55 with BCBS — 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 $39.50 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $40.10 —
United STARPLUS $40.10 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $40.10 —
Amerigroup CHIP $40.10 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $40.10 —
United STARPerinate $40.10 —
United STARKids $40.10 —
United STAR $40.10 —
United CHIP $40.10 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.10 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $42.11 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $43.31 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $43.31 —
Molina CHIP $44.11 —
Molina STARKIDS $44.11 —
Molina MCDSTAR $44.11 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $44.11 —
Humana MGMCD $50.13 —
Aetna NewBusiness $74.03 —
Aetna COMM $79.07 —
Aetna Meritain $79.07 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
Aetna OON $93.58 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
Cigna LocalPlus $122.42 —
Cigna NewBusiness $122.54 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.73 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.73 —
Cigna HMO $136.73 —
Cigna AllOther $173.05 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —

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Knee X-ray (standing, both knees) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $922.15 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $299.78 $40.10 – $374.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $289.34 $59.56 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.65 $40.10 – $375.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $299.78 $40.10 – $374.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $289.34 $42.91 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $289.34 $40.10 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $300.65 $40.10 – $450.98

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