X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) 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.

$40.48 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,061.04 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $40.48
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $41.10
United STARPLUS $41.10
United STARKids $41.10
United STAR $41.10
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $41.10
United STARPerinate $41.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.10
Amerigroup CHIP $41.10
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $41.10
United CHIP $41.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $43.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.39
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.39
Molina STAR+PLUS $45.21
Molina MCDSTAR $45.21
Molina CHIP $45.21
Molina STARKIDS $45.21
Humana MGMCD $51.38
Aetna NewBusiness $73.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.27
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.27
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.27
Aetna COMM $78.25
Aetna Meritain $78.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Aetna OON $92.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna LocalPlus $122.42
Cigna NewBusiness $122.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.73
Cigna HMO $136.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.73
Cigna IFP $143.24
Cigna QHP $148.55
Cigna AllOther $173.05
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $204.78
Unicare CHIP $254.65
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $259.95
Evry Health COMM $273.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $358.63
Curative Administrators COMM $424.42
BCBS Traditional $439.27
City of McKinney COMM $477.47
United GlobalBenefitPlan $477.47
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $477.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $530.52
Aetna ASA $535.83
Aetna WCOMP $583.57
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $583.57
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $583.57
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $583.57
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $607.98
Averde Health, Inc PPO $615.40
USC Health Services COMM $636.62
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $742.73
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $742.73
Jostens WCOMP $742.73
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $795.78
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $795.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $795.78
USA Managed Care COMM $848.83
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $901.88
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,061.04
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,061.04
Unicare MCD $1,061.04

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X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $570.08 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $319.24 $41.10 – $399.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $347.83 $71.59 – $521.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $417.08 $41.10 – $521.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $319.24 $41.10 – $399.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $347.83 $43.98 – $521.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $347.83 $41.10 – $521.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $417.08 $41.10 – $625.62

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