Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL

4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$3,289.50

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.

$3,289.50

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.

$223.75 with United vs $5,442.00 with Aetna — 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
United CHIP $223.75 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $223.75 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $223.75 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $223.75 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $223.75 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $223.75 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $223.75 ↓ -93%
United STAR $223.75 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $234.94 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $234.94 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $234.94 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $246.13 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $246.13 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $246.13 ↓ -93%
Molina CHIP $246.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $268.50 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $268.50 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $279.69 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $444.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $460.53 ↓ -86%
WellMed MGMCR $634.36 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $690.79 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $707.24 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00 ↓ -71%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -71%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00 ↓ -71%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -71%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,111.85 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,266.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,298.85 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,298.85 ↓ -61%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,324.00 ↓ -60%
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $1,361.85 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,480.28 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,480.28 ↓ -55%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,607.80 ↓ -51%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,607.80 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,644.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,661.20 ↓ -49%
United SmallGroup $1,676.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,689.77 ↓ -49%
Cigna HMO $1,757.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS PPO $1,765.43 ↓ -46%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,809.22 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,809.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,809.22 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,809.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,884.88 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,907.91 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $1,973.70 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $1,973.70 ↓ -40%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -39%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -39%
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00 ↓ -32%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,302.65 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,302.65 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,467.13 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,467.13 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,467.13 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,631.60 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,631.60 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,631.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,796.07 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,289.50 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,289.50 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,289.50 ↑ +0%
Oscar HIX $3,293.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna NewBusiness $4,306.00 ↑ +31%
Aetna COMM $4,600.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna Meritain $4,600.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna OON $5,442.00 ↑ +65%

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