X-ray sternum > 2 views 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.

$33.24 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,151.50 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 $33.24
United STAR $33.75
United STARKids $33.75
United STARPLUS $33.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.75
United STARPerinate $33.75
Amerigroup CHIP $33.75
United CHIP $33.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.45
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.45
Molina CHIP $37.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.13
Molina STARKIDS $37.13
Molina MCDSTAR $37.13
Humana MGMCD $42.19
Aetna NewBusiness $56.21
Aetna COMM $60.05
Aetna Meritain $60.05
Aetna OON $71.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $80.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $80.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $80.61
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $80.61
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $80.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $94.02
Cigna NewBusiness $94.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $105.01
Cigna HMO $105.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna AllOther $132.90
Cigna IFP $155.45
Cigna QHP $161.21
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $222.24
Unicare CHIP $276.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $282.12
Evry Health COMM $297.09
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $389.21
Curative Administrators COMM $460.60
BCBS Traditional $476.72
City of McKinney COMM $518.17
United GlobalBenefitPlan $518.17
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $518.17
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $575.75
Aetna ASA $581.51
Aetna WCOMP $633.33
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $633.33
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $633.33
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $633.33
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $659.81
Averde Health, Inc PPO $667.87
USC Health Services COMM $690.90
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $806.05
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $806.05
Jostens WCOMP $806.05
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $863.63
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $863.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $863.63
USA Managed Care COMM $921.20
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $978.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,151.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,151.50
Unicare MCD $1,151.50

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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $513.31 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.24 $33.75 – $272.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $264.39 $54.42 – $396.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $331.66 $33.75 – $414.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.24 $33.75 – $272.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $264.39 $36.11 – $396.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $264.39 $33.75 – $396.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $331.66 $33.75 – $497.49

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