MRA w/cont, abd 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

$4.69

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.

$4.69

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.

$0.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,630.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.33 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $0.63 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $0.63 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $0.66 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $0.93 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.93 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $1.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $1.00 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $1.18 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.59 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2.08 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2.11 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2.11 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.34 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2.47 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.58 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.58 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2.58 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.58 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2.72 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $2.81 ↓ -40%
Jostens WCOMP $3.28 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.28 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.28 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3.41 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.52 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.52 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $3.75 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3.99 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.69 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $4.69 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4.69 ↑ +0%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↑ +7175%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↑ +7175%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22 ↑ +10566%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22 ↑ +10566%
BCBS BluePremier $519.32 ↑ +10973%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↑ +17560%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↑ +31572%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↑ +31572%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↑ +33119%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↑ +34665%

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