Assay of feces porphyrins 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.

$23.47 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $351.92 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 $23.47
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $23.47
United STARPLUS $32.85
United STARPerinate $32.85
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.85
Amerigroup CHIP $32.85
United CHIP $32.85
United STAR $32.85
United STARKids $32.85
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.49
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.48
Molina STARKIDS $36.14
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.14
Molina MCDSTAR $36.14
Molina CHIP $36.14
WellMed MGMCR $38.91
Devoted Health POS $39.11
Devoted Health MCR $39.11
Devoted Health MME $39.11
United AllPayerAppendix $39.11
Amerigroup DualEligible $39.11
Humana MGMCR $39.11
United SmallGroup $39.11
BCBS MGMCRHMO $39.11
BCBS MCRPPO $39.11
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $39.11
Devoted Health SNP $39.11
Devoted Health PPO $39.11
Devoted Health HMO $39.11
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $39.11
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $39.11
United MGMCR $39.31
Aetna MCR $39.44
Care N Care MGMCR $39.50
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $39.89
Integranet MGMCR $40.28
WellCare MGMCR $40.28
Humana MGMCD $41.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $41.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $41.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $41.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $41.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $41.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $41.07
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $41.07
ProCare Advantge MCR $41.07
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $41.46
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $41.46
Humana Tricare $42.15
Molina MMP $42.63
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $42.63
Molina MCR $42.63
Molina MME $42.63
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $43.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $43.45
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $46.93
Aetna QHPHIX $49.76
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $50.84
Bravo Health MCRPOS $58.66
Bravo Health MCRPPO $58.66
Bravo Health MCRSNP $58.66
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $58.66
Bravo Health MCRHMO $58.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $68.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $68.44
Aetna NewBusiness $68.53
Superior ValueHMO $70.01
Aetna COMM $72.99
Aetna Meritain $72.99
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $74.31
BCBS BluePremier $75.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.44
Aetna OON $85.90
Superior EPO $87.61
Superior HMO $87.61
BCBS BlueEssentials $96.60
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $96.60
BCBS EPOSOA $101.29
Oscar HIX $101.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $102.47
BCBS PPO $105.99
Cigna LocalPlus $148.49
Cigna NewBusiness $148.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $165.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $165.85
Cigna HMO $165.85
Cigna AllOther $209.90
Humana COMM $351.92
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