MRA without fol w/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.

$434.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,203.57 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $434.25
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $434.25
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $434.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $434.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $434.25
BCBS BluePremier $454.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United SmallGroup $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Cigna IFP $837.48
Aetna QHPHIX $837.48
Cigna QHP $868.50
Aetna NewBusiness $1,234.51
Unicare CHIP $1,302.75
Aetna Meritain $1,321.36
Aetna COMM $1,321.36
United OptionsPPO $1,333.77
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
Aetna OON $1,557.10
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,096.81
BCBS Traditional $2,754.39
City of McKinney COMM $2,791.61
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,791.61
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,101.78
Aetna ASA $3,269.28
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,411.96
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,411.96
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,411.96
Aetna WCOMP $3,411.96
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,598.07
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $3,722.14
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $3,722.14
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,342.50
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,342.50
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4,510.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,652.68
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,652.68
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $4,962.86
USC Health Services COMM $4,962.86
USA Managed Care COMM $4,962.86
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,273.03
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,203.57
Unicare MCD $6,203.57
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,203.57

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