Very long chain fatty acids 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.

$11.85 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $105.86 with Cigna — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $11.85
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $11.85
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $16.34
United STARPerinate $16.59
United CHIP $16.59
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $16.59
United STARPLUS $16.59
United STAR $16.59
Amerigroup CHIP $16.59
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.59
United STARKids $16.59
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $17.42
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.92
Aetna Better Health CHIP $17.92
Molina STARKIDS $18.25
Molina STAR+PLUS $18.25
Molina CHIP $18.25
Molina MCDSTAR $18.25
WellMed MGMCR $19.65
United SmallGroup $19.75
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $19.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.75
Devoted Health HMO $19.75
Humana MGMCR $19.75
Devoted Health POS $19.75
Devoted Health PPO $19.75
Devoted Health MCR $19.75
Devoted Health MME $19.75
Devoted Health SNP $19.75
BCBS MGMCRHMO $19.75
BCBS MCRPPO $19.75
TriWest Health Alliance FEDERAL $19.75
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.75
Aetna MCR $19.92
Care N Care MGMCR $19.95
United MGMCR $20.14
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $20.14
Integranet MGMCR $20.34
WellCare MGMCR $20.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $20.74
Humana Tricare $20.74
Humana MGMCD $20.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $20.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $20.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $20.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $20.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $20.74
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $20.74
ProCare Advantge MCR $20.74
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $20.94
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $20.94
Molina MME $21.53
Molina MCR $21.53
Molina MMP $21.53
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $21.73
Aetna NewBusiness $22.28
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.70
Aetna Meritain $23.82
Aetna COMM $23.82
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $25.68
Aetna OON $28.20
Bravo Health MCRPOS $29.63
Bravo Health MCRSNP $29.63
Bravo Health MCRPPO $29.63
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $29.63
Bravo Health MCRHMO $29.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.56
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $34.56
Superior ValueHMO $35.35
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $37.52
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.10
Superior HMO $44.24
Superior EPO $44.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $48.78
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $48.78
BCBS EPOSOA $51.15
Oscar HIX $51.35
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.75
BCBS PPO $53.52
Cigna LocalPlus $74.89
Cigna NewBusiness $74.96
Cigna NetworkBenefit $83.64
Cigna HMO $83.64
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.64
Cigna AllOther $105.86

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