Red blood cells each unit 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.

$50.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,021.48 with Humana — 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 STARKids $50.60
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.60
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.60
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.60
Cigna IFP $97.59
Cigna QHP $101.21
Oscar HIX $150.37
Unicare CHIP $151.81
United OptionsPPO $155.43
Aetna QHPHIX $155.99
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $177.12
BCBS MyBlueHealth $178.56
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $178.56
Evry Health COMM $186.51
Cigna LocalPlus $190.85
Cigna NewBusiness $190.85
BCBS BluePremier $211.09
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $213.26
Cigna HMO $213.26
Cigna NetworkBenefit $213.26
Aetna NewBusiness $214.85
Aetna COMM $228.83
Aetna Meritain $228.83
BCBS BlueEssentials $230.61
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $230.61
BCBS EPOSOA $242.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $244.35
BCBS PPO $253.02
Aetna OON $269.30
Cigna AllOther $269.65
Curative Administrators COMM $289.17
BCBS Traditional $320.98
City of McKinney COMM $325.31
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $325.31
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $361.46
Aetna ASA $380.98
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $397.61
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $397.61
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $397.61
Aetna WCOMP $397.61
Averde Health, Inc PPO $419.29
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $433.75
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $433.75
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $506.04
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $506.04
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $506.04
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $525.56
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $542.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $542.19
USC Health Services COMM $578.34
USA Managed Care COMM $578.34
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $578.34
Galaxy Health Network PPO $614.48
Unicare MCD $722.92
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $722.92
Independent Medical Systems COMM $722.92
Humana COMM $1,021.48

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