ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL
4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833
$5,174.15
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.
$5,174.15
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.
$77.04 with Aetna Better Health vs $7,720.00 with BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $77.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $77.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $363.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $363.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $400.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | CHIP | $400.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $400.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $400.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | IFP | $698.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $724.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $779.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $779.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $779.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $779.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $779.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $779.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $800.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,086.57 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,112.44 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $1,453.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,748.86 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,297.32 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,328.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,433.00 | ↓ -53% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,587.07 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,726.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,845.78 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,845.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,845.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,845.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,001.01 | ↓ -42% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3,448.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,621.91 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,621.91 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $3,761.61 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,880.61 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,880.61 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $4,100.00 | ↓ -21% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4,139.32 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4,139.32 | ↓ -20% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,320.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,398.03 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $4,680.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,871.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $4,980.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $4,985.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $5,030.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Unicare | MCD | $5,174.15 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,174.15 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5,174.15 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $5,564.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $5,564.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | HMO | $5,564.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $5,619.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,622.00 | ↑ +9% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,900.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $6,000.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6,000.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $6,003.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | COMM | $6,003.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $7,000.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $7,000.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $7,039.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | OON | $7,062.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $7,360.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,720.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,127.54 | $1,942.36 – $1,942.36 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,327.80 | $568.33 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,377.55 | $489.38 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,377.55 | $475.51 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,327.80 | $568.33 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,377.55 | $568.33 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,377.55 | $1,228.40 – $5,475.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,377.55 | $568.33 – $5,475.00 |