MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext 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.

$500.22 with BCBS vs $8,256.64 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BluePremier $519.32
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $577.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $577.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $577.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $577.96
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $577.96
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United SmallGroup $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Cigna IFP $1,114.65
Aetna QHPHIX $1,114.65
Cigna QHP $1,155.93
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
United OptionsPPO $1,643.07
Aetna NewBusiness $1,643.07
Aetna Meritain $1,758.66
Aetna COMM $1,758.66
Unicare CHIP $1,981.59
Aetna OON $2,072.42
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,790.74
BCBS Traditional $3,665.95
City of McKinney COMM $3,715.49
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,715.49
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,128.32
Aetna ASA $4,351.25
Aetna WCOMP $4,541.15
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,541.15
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,541.15
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,541.15
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,788.85
USC Health Services COMM $4,953.98
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,779.65
Jostens WCOMP $5,779.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,779.65
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $6,002.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,192.48
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,192.48
USA Managed Care COMM $6,605.31
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,018.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,256.64
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,256.64
Unicare MCD $8,256.64

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