Ibuprofen injection 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

$240.73

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.

$240.73

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.

$2.89 with Humana vs $240.73 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 $2.89 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.98 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.25 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.25 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $7.16 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.15 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.15 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $11.16 ↓ -95%
Humana COMM $11.95 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.85 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $18.40 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $18.41 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $20.55 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.55 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.55 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $26.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $32.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna IFP $32.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $33.70 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $47.91 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $50.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $51.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $51.28 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $51.76 ↓ -78%
Aetna OON $60.42 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $81.37 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $106.88 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $108.33 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $120.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $126.86 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $132.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $132.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $132.40 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $132.40 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $139.62 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $144.44 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $144.44 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $168.51 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $168.51 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $175.01 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $180.55 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $180.55 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $192.58 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $192.58 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $192.58 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $204.62 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $240.73 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $240.73 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $240.73 ↑ +0%

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