X-ray thoracic spine 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.

$32.58 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,467.34 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 $32.58
United STAR $33.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.08
United CHIP $33.08
United STARPerinate $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.08
United STARPLUS $33.08
United STARKids $33.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39
Molina CHIP $36.39
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39
Molina STARKIDS $36.39
Humana MGMCD $41.35
Aetna NewBusiness $53.12
Aetna Meritain $56.74
Aetna COMM $56.74
Aetna OON $67.15
Cigna LocalPlus $90.13
Cigna NewBusiness $90.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $100.67
Cigna HMO $100.67
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $100.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $102.71
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $102.71
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $102.71
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $102.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $102.71
Cigna AllOther $127.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna IFP $198.09
Cigna QHP $205.43
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United OptionsPPO $283.20
Unicare CHIP $352.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $359.50
Evry Health COMM $378.57
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $495.96
BCBS PPO $502.12
Curative Administrators COMM $586.94
BCBS Traditional $607.48
City of McKinney COMM $660.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $660.30
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $660.30
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $733.67
Aetna ASA $741.01
Aetna WCOMP $807.04
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $807.04
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $807.04
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $807.04
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $840.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $851.06
USC Health Services COMM $880.40
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,027.14
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,027.14
Jostens WCOMP $1,027.14
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,100.51
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,100.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,100.51
USA Managed Care COMM $1,173.87
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,247.24
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,467.34
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,467.34
Unicare MCD $1,467.34

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X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $670.05 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $312.80 $33.08 – $391.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $403.23 $83.00 – $604.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $403.23 $33.08 – $504.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $312.80 $33.08 – $391.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $403.23 $35.40 – $604.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $403.23 $33.08 – $604.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $403.23 $33.08 – $604.85

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