Carotene 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

$1,016.73

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.

$1,016.73

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.

$5.53 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,016.73 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 STAR $5.53 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $5.53 ↓ -99%
United STAR $7.74 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $7.74 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $7.74 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.74 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.74 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $7.74 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $7.74 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $7.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.36 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.51 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.51 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $8.51 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $8.51 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $9.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.22 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $9.22 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $9.22 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $9.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.22 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $9.22 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.22 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.30 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.40 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $9.50 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $9.50 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.68 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.68 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $9.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.68 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.77 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.77 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $9.93 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $10.05 ↓ -99%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $10.05 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $10.05 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $10.05 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.14 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.24 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $11.72 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $11.99 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $13.83 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $13.83 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $13.83 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $13.83 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $13.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.14 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.15 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $16.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $17.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $17.20 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $17.89 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $20.24 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $20.65 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $20.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $22.77 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $22.77 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $23.88 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $23.97 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $24.99 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $34.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $34.89 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $38.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $38.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $49.27 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $71.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $71.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $71.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $71.17 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $102.49 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $137.26 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $142.34 ↓ -86%
Unicare CHIP $213.51 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $218.60 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $249.10 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $262.32 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $343.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $451.43 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $457.53 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $457.53 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $508.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $535.82 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $559.20 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $559.20 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $559.20 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $559.20 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $589.70 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $610.04 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $610.04 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $711.71 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $711.71 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $711.71 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $739.16 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $762.55 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $762.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $813.38 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $813.38 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $813.38 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $864.22 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,016.73 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,016.73 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,016.73 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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