Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL
4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833
$1,238.95
Cash price 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.
$1,238.95
Gross charge 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.
$86.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,238.95 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $86.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $86.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $86.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $86.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $86.73 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| United | CHIP | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STAR | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARKids | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARPLUS | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $109.93 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $115.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $118.72 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $118.72 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $120.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $120.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $120.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | CHIP | $120.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $134.99 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $137.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $167.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $173.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $185.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $198.26 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMM | $198.26 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $216.84 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OON | $232.54 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $238.71 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $238.71 | ↓ -81% |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.97 | ↓ -80% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $245.97 | ↓ -80% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $260.18 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $266.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $303.54 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $305.76 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $306.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $319.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $341.51 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $341.51 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | HMO | $341.51 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | COMM | $383.95 | ↓ -69% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $418.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $432.22 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $495.58 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $550.09 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $557.53 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $557.53 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $619.48 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $652.93 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $681.42 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $681.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $681.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $681.42 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $708.84 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $708.84 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $718.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Pinnacle | $743.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Summit | $743.37 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $743.46 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | PPO | $778.08 | ↓ -37% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $867.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $867.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $867.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $900.72 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $929.21 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $929.21 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $991.16 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $991.16 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $991.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,053.11 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,238.95 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,238.95 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,238.95 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $579.55 | $109.93 – $724.43 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $579.55 | $109.93 – $724.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $579.55 | $117.63 – $869.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $579.55 | $109.93 – $869.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $579.55 | $109.93 – $869.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $579.55 | $109.93 – $724.43 |