Whole blood for transfusion 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.

$51.27 with Aetna vs $1,068.67 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
Aetna NewBusiness $51.27
Aetna Meritain $54.81
Aetna COMM $54.81
Aetna OON $64.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.81
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.81
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.81
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.81
Cigna IFP $144.27
Cigna QHP $149.61
Oscar HIX $222.28
Unicare CHIP $224.42
United OptionsPPO $229.76
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $255.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.41
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $261.82
Evry Health COMM $275.72
Cigna NewBusiness $282.13
Cigna LocalPlus $282.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $315.26
Cigna NetworkBenefit $315.26
Cigna HMO $315.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $335.56
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $335.56
BCBS EPOSOA $352.66
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $361.21
BCBS PPO $368.69
Cigna AllOther $398.61
Curative Administrators COMM $427.47
BCBS Traditional $442.43
City of McKinney COMM $480.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $480.90
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $480.90
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $534.34
Aetna ASA $539.68
Aetna WCOMP $587.77
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $587.77
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $587.77
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $587.77
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $612.35
Averde Health, Inc PPO $619.83
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $641.20
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $641.20
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $748.07
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $748.07
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $801.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $801.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $801.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $854.94
USC Health Services COMM $854.94
USA Managed Care COMM $854.94
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $908.37
Unicare MCD $1,068.67
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,068.67
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,068.67

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $509.96 $169.99 – $764.94
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