Atomic absorption 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.

$9.54 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $165.66 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 $9.54
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.54
United STARPerinate $13.36
United STARKids $13.36
United STARPLUS $13.36
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.36
Amerigroup CHIP $13.36
United CHIP $13.36
United STAR $13.36
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.43
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.43
Molina STARKIDS $14.70
Molina STAR+PLUS $14.70
Molina MCDSTAR $14.70
Molina CHIP $14.70
WellMed MGMCR $15.82
Devoted Health MCR $15.90
Devoted Health MME $15.90
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $15.90
United AllPayerAppendix $15.90
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.90
Devoted Health SNP $15.90
United SmallGroup $15.90
BCBS MGMCRHMO $15.90
BCBS MCRPPO $15.90
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $15.90
Devoted Health HMO $15.90
Devoted Health PPO $15.90
Devoted Health POS $15.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.90
Humana MGMCR $15.90
United MGMCR $15.98
Aetna MCR $16.04
Care N Care MGMCR $16.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.22
WellCare MGMCR $16.38
Integranet MGMCR $16.38
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $16.70
Humana MGMCD $16.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $16.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $16.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $16.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $16.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $16.70
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $16.70
ProCare Advantge MCR $16.70
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $16.85
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $16.85
Humana Tricare $17.13
Molina MMP $17.33
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $17.33
Molina MCR $17.33
Molina MME $17.33
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $17.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.66
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.08
Aetna QHPHIX $20.22
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $20.67
Bravo Health MCRPOS $23.85
Bravo Health MCRPPO $23.85
Bravo Health MCRSNP $23.85
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $23.85
Bravo Health MCRHMO $23.85
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $27.82
Aetna NewBusiness $27.86
Superior ValueHMO $28.46
Aetna COMM $29.67
Aetna Meritain $29.67
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $30.21
BCBS BluePremier $30.85
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.48
Aetna OON $34.92
Superior EPO $35.62
Superior HMO $35.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $39.27
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $39.27
BCBS EPOSOA $41.18
Oscar HIX $41.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $41.66
BCBS PPO $43.09
Cigna LocalPlus $60.69
Cigna NewBusiness $60.75
Cigna NetworkBenefit $67.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.78
Cigna HMO $67.78
Cigna AllOther $85.79
Humana COMM $165.66
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