Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

$26,430.14

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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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$26,430.14

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.

$70.00 with Imaging Providers of Texas vs $26,430.14 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,850.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,850.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,850.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,850.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,850.11 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,644.26 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $2,644.26 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,644.26 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $3,568.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $3,700.22 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,002.98 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,002.98 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5,021.73 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $5,286.03 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $5,286.03 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $5,286.03 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $5,497.47 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $5,550.33 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $5,682.48 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6,475.38 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $6,607.53 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $6,818.98 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,323.21 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,323.21 ↓ -72%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,685.74 ↓ -71%
BCBS PPO $8,048.28 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8,933.39 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $10,572.06 ↓ -60%
Cigna LocalPlus $10,578.66 ↓ -60%
Cigna NewBusiness $10,589.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $10,942.08 ↓ -59%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $11,818.17 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,818.17 ↓ -55%
Cigna HMO $11,818.17 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11,893.56 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $11,893.56 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $11,893.56 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $13,215.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $13,347.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $14,536.58 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $14,536.58 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $14,536.58 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $14,536.58 ↓ -45%
Cigna AllOther $14,951.03 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $15,144.47 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $15,329.48 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $15,858.08 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $15,858.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $18,501.10 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $18,501.10 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $19,822.60 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $19,822.60 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $19,822.60 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $21,144.11 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $21,144.11 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $21,144.11 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $22,465.62 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $26,430.14 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $26,430.14 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $26,430.14 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $9,053.47 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $6,497.16 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $6,745.24 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,389.91 $100.00 – $5,121.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,135.70 $100.00 – $6,102.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $494.55 $360.04 – $2,543.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $524.70 $100.00 – $3,148.20
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $3,218.16 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34

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