Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL
4401 Booth Calloway Road, North Richland Hills, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1518911833
$7,178.46
Cash price 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.
$7,178.46
Gross charge 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.
$281.34 with United vs $7,178.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPLUS | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARKids | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STAR | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPerinate | $281.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $295.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $303.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $303.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $309.47 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | CHIP | $309.47 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $309.47 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $309.47 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $351.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $450.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $481.13 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $502.49 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $969.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,004.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,046.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,321.00 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,507.48 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,543.37 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,426.32 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,971.88 | ↓ -59% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,230.31 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,230.31 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,230.31 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,589.23 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,625.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,948.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4,113.26 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,163.51 | ↓ -42% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Pinnacle | $4,307.08 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan Behavior Health | Summit | $4,307.08 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,024.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,024.92 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,383.85 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,383.85 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $5,383.85 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,742.77 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,742.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $5,742.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $6,101.69 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,178.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,178.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,178.46 | ↑ +0% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,853.47 | $281.34 – $2,316.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,039.85 | $419.87 – $3,059.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,039.85 | $281.34 – $2,549.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,853.47 | $281.34 – $2,316.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,039.85 | $301.03 – $3,059.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,039.85 | $281.34 – $3,059.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,039.85 | $281.34 – $3,059.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,853.47 | $281.34 – $2,316.83 |