Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection 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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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.

$0.03 with Humana vs $38.01 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 $0.03
United SmallGroup $0.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.14
Cigna LocalPlus $0.18
Cigna NewBusiness $0.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.20
Cigna HMO $0.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.20
BCBS EPOSOA $0.21
BCBS PPO $0.22
Cigna AllOther $0.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.66
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.66
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.66
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.66
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.66
Cigna IFP $5.13
Cigna QHP $5.32
United OptionsPPO $7.34
Superior HMO $7.60
Superior EPO $7.60
Superior ValueHMO $7.60
Unicare CHIP $9.12
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $12.85
BCBS Traditional $15.74
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.10
City of McKinney COMM $17.10
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $19.00
Aetna ASA $19.20
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $20.91
Aetna WCOMP $20.91
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $20.91
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $20.91
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $21.78
Averde Health, Inc PPO $22.05
USC Health Services COMM $22.81
Jostens WCOMP $26.61
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $26.61
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $26.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $28.51
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $28.51
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $28.51
USA Managed Care COMM $30.41
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $32.31
Independent Medical Systems COMM $38.01
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $38.01
Unicare MCD $38.01

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