Myelography l-s spine at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL
4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833
$2,609.63
Cash price 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.
$2,609.63
Gross charge 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.
$109.26 with United vs $2,907.10 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STARPerinate | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| United | CHIP | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STAR | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARKids | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPLUS | $109.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $114.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $118.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $118.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $118.66 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $120.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | CHIP | $120.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $120.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $120.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $136.58 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $162.69 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMM | $174.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $174.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $182.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $182.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $182.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $182.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $182.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $203.43 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OON | $204.40 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $272.19 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $272.46 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | HMO | $304.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $304.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $304.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $352.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $365.35 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $384.77 | ↓ -85% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $548.02 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $561.07 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $639.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $673.28 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $810.18 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $882.05 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $891.87 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $891.87 | ↓ -66% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $920.54 | ↓ -65% |
| United | SmallGroup | $920.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,043.85 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,158.68 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,174.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,174.33 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,304.82 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,375.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,435.30 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,435.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,435.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,435.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,513.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Summit | $1,565.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Pinnacle | $1,565.78 | ↓ -40% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -38% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,826.74 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,826.74 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,826.74 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,897.20 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,957.22 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,957.22 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,087.70 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,087.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $2,087.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,218.19 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,609.63 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,609.63 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,609.63 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,648.39 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,648.39 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,777.75 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,907.10 | ↑ +11% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,334.09 | $274.60 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,334.09 | $116.91 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |