Assay chondroitin sulfate at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL

4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 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.

$12.39 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $229.46 with Humana — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $12.39
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $12.39
United STARPerinate $17.35
United STARKids $17.35
United STARPLUS $17.35
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $17.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.35
Amerigroup CHIP $17.35
United CHIP $17.35
United STAR $17.35
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $18.22
Aetna Better Health CHIP $18.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.74
Molina STARKIDS $19.09
Molina STAR+PLUS $19.09
Molina CHIP $19.09
Molina MCDSTAR $19.09
WellMed MGMCR $20.55
Devoted Health HMO $20.65
Humana MGMCR $20.65
Devoted Health MCR $20.65
Devoted Health MME $20.65
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.65
Devoted Health POS $20.65
United SmallGroup $20.65
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.65
BCBS MCRPPO $20.65
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $20.65
United AllPayerAppendix $20.65
Devoted Health SNP $20.65
Devoted Health PPO $20.65
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $20.65
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.65
United MGMCR $20.75
Aetna MCR $20.83
Care N Care MGMCR $20.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $21.06
Integranet MGMCR $21.27
WellCare MGMCR $21.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $21.68
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $21.68
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $21.68
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $21.68
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $21.68
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $21.68
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $21.68
ProCare Advantge MCR $21.68
Humana MGMCD $21.69
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $21.89
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $21.89
Humana Tricare $22.25
Molina MMP $22.51
Molina MME $22.51
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $22.51
Molina MCR $22.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $22.71
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.94
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.78
Aetna QHPHIX $26.27
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $26.84
Bravo Health MCRHMO $30.97
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $30.97
Bravo Health MCRPOS $30.97
Bravo Health MCRPPO $30.97
Bravo Health MCRSNP $30.97
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $36.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.14
Aetna NewBusiness $36.18
Superior ValueHMO $36.96
Aetna Meritain $38.53
Aetna COMM $38.53
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $39.23
BCBS BluePremier $40.06
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.89
Aetna OON $45.35
Superior HMO $46.26
Superior EPO $46.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $51.01
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $51.01
BCBS EPOSOA $53.48
Oscar HIX $53.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.10
BCBS PPO $55.96
Cigna LocalPlus $78.78
Cigna NewBusiness $78.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.99
Cigna HMO $87.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $87.99
Cigna AllOther $111.36
Humana COMM $229.46
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