MRA without cont, lwr ext 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.

$277.32 with BCBS vs $4,313.31 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 $277.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $301.93
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $301.93
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $301.93
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $301.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $301.93
BCBS MyBlueHealth $305.28
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $305.28
United SmallGroup $313.62
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Aetna QHPHIX $582.30
Cigna IFP $582.30
Cigna QHP $603.86
Aetna NewBusiness $858.35
Unicare CHIP $905.80
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53
Aetna Meritain $918.74
Aetna COMM $918.74
United OptionsPPO $927.36
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80
BCBS PPO $995.08
Aetna OON $1,082.64
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,457.90
BCBS Traditional $1,915.11
City of McKinney COMM $1,940.99
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,940.99
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,156.66
Aetna ASA $2,273.11
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,372.32
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,372.32
Aetna WCOMP $2,372.32
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,372.32
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,501.72
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $2,587.99
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $2,587.99
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,019.32
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,019.32
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3,135.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,234.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,234.98
USA Managed Care COMM $3,450.65
USC Health Services COMM $3,450.65
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $3,450.65
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,666.31
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,313.31
Unicare MCD $4,313.31
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,313.31

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,754.28 $607.02 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,754.28 $584.76 – $2,631.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,691.95 $451.19 – $2,396.93

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