Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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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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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $20,455.54 with Unicare — 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
United STAR $1,551.50
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,551.50
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,551.50
United STARPerinate $1,551.50
United STARPLUS $1,551.50
United CHIP $1,551.50
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,551.50
United STARKids $1,551.50
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,629.08
Amerigroup CHIP $1,629.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,629.08
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,706.65
Molina CHIP $1,706.65
Molina STARKIDS $1,706.65
Molina MCDSTAR $1,706.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,861.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,861.80
Humana MGMCD $1,939.38
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna IFP $2,761.50
Cigna QHP $2,863.78
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,620.66
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,135.42
Unicare CHIP $4,295.66
Aetna OON $4,332.00
United OptionsPPO $4,397.94
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,694.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6,035.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,063.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,063.21
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6,913.97
Humana COMM $7,113.00
Oscar HIX $7,168.00
United SmallGroup $7,547.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,711.16
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,711.16
BCBS EPOSOA $8,115.38
BCBS PPO $8,488.50
Cigna LocalPlus $8,843.00
Cigna NewBusiness $8,852.00
BCBS Traditional $9,082.26
City of McKinney COMM $9,204.99
Cigna HMO $9,880.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9,880.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9,880.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10,227.77
United AllPayerAppendix $10,300.00
Aetna ASA $10,780.07
Aetna WCOMP $11,250.55
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11,250.55
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11,250.55
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11,250.55
Averde Health, Inc PPO $11,864.21
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $12,273.32
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $12,273.32
Cigna AllOther $12,499.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $14,318.88
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $14,318.88
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $14,318.88
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $14,871.18
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $15,341.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,341.66
USC Health Services COMM $16,364.43
USA Managed Care COMM $16,364.43
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $16,364.43
Galaxy Health Network PPO $17,387.21
Independent Medical Systems COMM $20,455.54
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20,455.54
Unicare MCD $20,455.54

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,524.66 $1,551.50 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,943.21 $71.00 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,698.52 $71.00 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,524.66 $1,551.50 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,943.21 $85.00 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,943.21 $1,551.50 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,698.52 $71.00 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,524.66 $1,551.50 – $8,570.48

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