Heparin bolus from bag 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.

$0.21 with Humana vs $4.00 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Humana Tricare $0.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.28
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.28
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.28
United AllPayerAppendix $0.30
United SmallGroup $0.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.48
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.48
BCBS BluePremier $0.50
Aetna QHPHIX $0.54
Cigna IFP $0.54
Cigna QHP $0.56
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.71
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.71
BCBS EPOSOA $0.74
BCBS PPO $0.78
Aetna NewBusiness $0.80
Unicare CHIP $0.84
Aetna COMM $0.85
Aetna Meritain $0.85
United OptionsPPO $0.86
Aetna OON $1.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1.33
Cigna LocalPlus $1.33
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.35
Humana COMM $1.43
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.49
Cigna HMO $1.49
BCBS Traditional $1.78
City of McKinney COMM $1.80
Cigna AllOther $1.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.00
Aetna ASA $2.11
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.20
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.20
Aetna WCOMP $2.20
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.20
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2.32
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $2.40
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $2.40
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2.80
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2.80
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.00
USA Managed Care COMM $3.20
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $3.20
USC Health Services COMM $3.20
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3.40
Unicare MCD $4.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4.00

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