Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.

$0.11 with Humana vs $211.27 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 $0.11
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.53
BCBS BluePremier $0.63
Cigna NewBusiness $0.73
Cigna LocalPlus $0.73
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.77
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.77
BCBS EPOSOA $0.81
Cigna HMO $0.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.81
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.81
BCBS PPO $0.83
Cigna AllOther $1.03
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.79
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.79
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.79
Cigna IFP $28.52
Aetna QHPHIX $28.52
Cigna QHP $29.58
Aetna NewBusiness $42.04
United OptionsPPO $42.04
Superior HMO $42.25
Superior EPO $42.25
Superior ValueHMO $42.25
Aetna Meritain $45.00
Aetna COMM $45.00
Unicare CHIP $50.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.82
Aetna OON $53.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $71.41
BCBS Traditional $93.80
City of McKinney COMM $95.07
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $105.64
Aetna ASA $111.34
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $116.20
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $116.20
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $116.20
Aetna WCOMP $116.20
Averde Health, Inc PPO $122.54
USC Health Services COMM $126.76
Jostens WCOMP $147.89
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $147.89
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $147.89
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $153.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $158.45
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $158.45
USA Managed Care COMM $169.02
Galaxy Health Network PPO $179.58
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $211.27
Independent Medical Systems COMM $211.27
Unicare MCD $211.27

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