Smear wet mount 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

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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.

$3.49 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $299.20 with Unicare — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.49
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.49
United STARPerinate $4.89
United CHIP $4.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.89
United STARKids $4.89
United STAR $4.89
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.89
Amerigroup CHIP $4.89
United STARPLUS $4.89
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.28
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.28
Molina MCDSTAR $5.38
Molina CHIP $5.38
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.38
Molina STARKIDS $5.38
WellMed MGMCR $5.79
Devoted Health HMO $5.82
BCBS MCRPPO $5.82
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.82
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82
Devoted Health SNP $5.82
United SmallGroup $5.82
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.82
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.82
Devoted Health PPO $5.82
Humana MGMCR $5.82
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.82
Devoted Health POS $5.82
Devoted Health MCR $5.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.82
Devoted Health MME $5.82
Aetna MCR $5.87
Care N Care MGMCR $5.88
United MGMCR $5.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.94
WellCare MGMCR $5.99
Integranet MGMCR $5.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.11
Humana MGMCD $6.11
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.11
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.11
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.11
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.17
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.17
Humana Tricare $6.28
Molina MMP $6.34
Molina MCR $6.34
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $6.34
Molina MME $6.34
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.47
Aetna NewBusiness $6.56
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.98
Aetna COMM $7.01
Aetna Meritain $7.01
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.57
Aetna OON $8.31
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.73
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.73
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.73
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.73
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.19
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.19
Superior ValueHMO $10.42
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.06
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.52
Superior EPO $13.04
Superior HMO $13.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.38
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.38
BCBS EPOSOA $15.07
Oscar HIX $15.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.25
BCBS PPO $15.77
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.94
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.94
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.94
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51
Cigna HMO $24.51
Cigna AllOther $31.01
Cigna IFP $40.39
Cigna QHP $41.89
Unicare CHIP $62.83
United OptionsPPO $64.33
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $73.30
Evry Health COMM $77.19
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $101.13
BCBS Traditional $123.87
City of McKinney COMM $134.64
United GlobalBenefitPlan $134.64
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $134.64
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $149.60
Aetna ASA $151.10
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $164.56
Aetna WCOMP $164.56
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $164.56
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $164.56
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $171.44
Averde Health, Inc PPO $173.54
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $179.52
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $179.52
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $209.44
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $209.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $224.40
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $224.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $224.40
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $239.36
USA Managed Care COMM $239.36
USC Health Services COMM $239.36
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $254.32
Independent Medical Systems COMM $299.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $299.20
Unicare MCD $299.20

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