Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL
4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833
$7,178.46
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.
$7,178.46
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.
$196.48 with United vs $7,178.46 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.
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 | CHIP | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $196.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $206.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $212.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $212.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $216.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $216.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $216.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $216.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $245.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $277.32 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $293.63 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $293.63 | ↓ -96% |
| United | SmallGroup | $313.62 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $313.62 | ↓ -96% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $450.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $605.11 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $906.53 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $906.53 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $950.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $969.09 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $995.08 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,004.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,507.48 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,543.37 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,426.32 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,187.24 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,230.31 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,230.31 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,589.23 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,783.05 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,163.51 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Pinnacle | $4,307.08 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Summit | $4,307.08 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,024.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,024.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $5,218.74 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,383.85 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,383.85 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,742.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $5,742.77 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,742.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,101.69 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,178.46 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,178.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,178.46 | ↑ +0% |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,318.26 | $314.76 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,539.19 | $196.48 – $3,173.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,318.26 | $210.23 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,318.26 | $196.48 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,539.19 | $196.48 – $3,808.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |