X-ray spine single view 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.

$24.02 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,323.22 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 $24.02
United STAR $24.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.39
Amerigroup CHIP $24.39
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $24.39
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $24.39
United CHIP $24.39
United STARPerinate $24.39
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $24.39
United STARPLUS $24.39
United STARKids $24.39
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.61
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.34
Aetna Better Health CHIP $26.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.83
Molina CHIP $26.83
Molina MCDSTAR $26.83
Molina STARKIDS $26.83
Humana MGMCD $30.49
Aetna NewBusiness $38.37
Aetna Meritain $40.98
Aetna COMM $40.98
Aetna OON $48.51
Cigna LocalPlus $65.58
Cigna NewBusiness $65.65
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.25
Cigna HMO $73.25
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $92.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $92.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $92.63
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $92.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $92.63
Cigna AllOther $92.70
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
Cigna IFP $178.63
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna QHP $185.25
United OptionsPPO $255.38
Unicare CHIP $317.57
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $324.19
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
Evry Health COMM $341.39
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $447.25
Curative Administrators COMM $529.29
BCBS Traditional $547.81
City of McKinney COMM $595.45
United GlobalBenefitPlan $595.45
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $595.45
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $661.61
Aetna ASA $668.23
Aetna WCOMP $727.77
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $727.77
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $727.77
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $727.77
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $758.21
Averde Health, Inc PPO $767.47
USC Health Services COMM $793.93
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $926.25
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $926.25
Jostens WCOMP $926.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $992.41
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $992.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $992.41
USA Managed Care COMM $1,058.58
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,124.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,323.22
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,323.22
Unicare MCD $1,323.22

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X-ray spine single view at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $283.12 $24.39 – $353.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $272.99 $56.19 – $409.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $332.48 $24.39 – $415.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $283.12 $24.39 – $353.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $272.99 $26.10 – $409.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $272.99 $24.39 – $409.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $332.48 $24.39 – $498.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $283.12 $24.39 – $353.89

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