Kit case 4.2mm spinejack 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.

$4,136.01 with BCBS vs $43,258.00 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
BCBS BluePremier $4,136.01
Cigna IFP $5,839.83
Cigna QHP $6,056.12
Unicare CHIP $9,084.18
United OptionsPPO $9,300.47
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10,684.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,684.73
Cigna NewBusiness $11,420.11
Cigna LocalPlus $11,420.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $12,761.11
Cigna HMO $12,761.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12,761.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $13,799.30
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13,799.30
BCBS EPOSOA $14,491.43
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $14,621.20
BCBS PPO $15,140.30
Cigna AllOther $16,135.23
BCBS Traditional $19,206.55
City of McKinney COMM $19,466.10
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $21,629.00
Aetna ASA $22,796.97
Aetna WCOMP $23,791.90
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $23,791.90
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $23,791.90
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $23,791.90
Averde Health, Inc PPO $25,089.64
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $25,954.80
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $25,954.80
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $30,280.60
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $31,448.57
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $32,443.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $32,443.50
USA Managed Care COMM $34,606.40
USC Health Services COMM $34,606.40
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $34,606.40
Galaxy Health Network PPO $36,769.30
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $43,258.00
Unicare MCD $43,258.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $43,258.00

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Kit case 4.2mm spinejack at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10,051.86 $6,052.42 – $20,633.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $13,775.74 $2,846.99 – $13,557.08
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $5,836.60 $4,249.05 – $30,016.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $13,775.74 $2,982.56 – $13,557.08
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $13,775.74 $2,982.56 – $13,557.08
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $5,836.60 $6,670.40 – $28,349.20
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $13,775.74 $2,982.56 – $13,557.08
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $9,996.00 not published

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