Test urine for porphyrins 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

$282.86

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.

$282.86

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.

$8.02 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $282.86 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $8.02 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $8.02 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $11.22 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $11.22 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $11.22 ↓ -96%
United STAR $11.22 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $11.22 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.22 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.22 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.22 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.78 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.12 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $12.34 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.34 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $12.34 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.34 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $13.29 ↓ -95%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.36 ↓ -95%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.36 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health POS $13.36 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health PPO $13.36 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.36 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCR $13.36 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health HMO $13.36 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health SNP $13.36 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.36 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $13.36 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MME $13.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.36 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.36 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $13.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $13.47 ↓ -95%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.49 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $13.63 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.63 ↓ -95%
WellCare MGMCR $13.76 ↓ -95%
Integranet MGMCR $13.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.03 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $14.03 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.03 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -95%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.16 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.16 ↓ -95%
Humana Tricare $14.39 ↓ -95%
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $14.56 ↓ -95%
Molina MME $14.56 ↓ -95%
Molina MMP $14.56 ↓ -95%
Molina MCR $14.56 ↓ -95%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.70 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $15.08 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.03 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $16.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $16.12 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.37 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $19.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $19.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $19.80 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.38 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.38 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $23.91 ↓ -92%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.38 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.45 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $29.93 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $29.93 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.60 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $34.74 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $36.21 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $38.19 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $39.60 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $50.38 ↓ -82%
Cigna NewBusiness $50.43 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.27 ↓ -80%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $56.27 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $56.27 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $59.40 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $60.81 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $69.30 ↓ -76%
Cigna AllOther $71.22 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $72.98 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $95.61 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $117.10 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $127.29 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $127.29 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $127.29 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $141.43 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $142.84 ↓ -50%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $155.57 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $155.57 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $155.57 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $155.57 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $162.08 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $164.06 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $169.72 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $169.72 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $198.00 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $198.00 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $212.15 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $212.15 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $212.15 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $226.29 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $226.29 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $226.29 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $240.43 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $282.86 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $282.86 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $282.86 ↑ +0%

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