Esophageal recording at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL
4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833
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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.
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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.
$2,715.79 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,715.79 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2,715.79 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $3,258.95 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $4,809.42 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $4,809.42 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5,046.43 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $5,283.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,300.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $25,253.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $25,454.00 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $27,514.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $27,837.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $29,429.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29,597.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33,939.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | — |
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Esophageal recording at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $10,615.86 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $10,520.55 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $5,148.49 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $1,919.70 | $1,201.86 – $1,201.86 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $1,919.70 | $1,448.75 – $1,448.75 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton | Denton | $1,919.70 | $1,201.86 – $1,201.86 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Plano | $1,919.70 | $1,201.86 – $1,201.86 |
| Texas Health Hospital Rockwall | Rockwall | $1,919.70 | $1,448.75 – $1,448.75 |