X-ray surgical specimen 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.

$24.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,157.48 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.15
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $24.15
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $42.14
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.78
Amerigroup CHIP $42.78
United STARPerinate $42.78
United STARPLUS $42.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $42.78
United CHIP $42.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.78
United STARKids $42.78
United STAR $42.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.92
Aetna Better Health MCD $46.20
Aetna Better Health CHIP $46.20
Cigna IFP $46.57
Molina MCDSTAR $47.06
Molina STARKIDS $47.06
Molina STAR+PLUS $47.06
Molina CHIP $47.06
Cigna QHP $48.30
Humana MGMCD $53.48
Aetna NewBusiness $58.54
Aetna Meritain $62.53
Aetna COMM $62.53
United OptionsPPO $66.58
Aetna OON $74.00
Unicare CHIP $82.80
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $84.52
Evry Health COMM $89.01
Cigna LocalPlus $104.33
Cigna NewBusiness $104.43
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $116.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $116.52
Cigna HMO $116.52
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $116.61
Curative Administrators COMM $138.00
BCBS Traditional $142.83
Cigna AllOther $147.48
United GlobalBenefitPlan $155.25
City of McKinney COMM $155.25
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $155.25
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $172.50
Aetna ASA $174.22
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $189.74
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $189.74
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $189.74
Aetna WCOMP $189.74
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $197.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $200.09
USC Health Services COMM $206.99
Jostens WCOMP $241.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $241.49
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $241.49
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $258.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $258.74
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $258.74
USA Managed Care COMM $275.99
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $293.24
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $344.99
Unicare MCD $344.99
Independent Medical Systems COMM $344.99
United SmallGroup $657.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $657.03
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $659.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $659.76
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,964.85
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,964.85
BCBS EPOSOA $2,061.16
BCBS PPO $2,157.48

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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $458.88 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $638.62 $131.45 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $565.09 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $458.88 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $638.62 $45.77 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $638.62 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $565.09 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $458.88 $42.78 – $1,366.64

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