Wrist X-ray 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.

$41.44 with United vs $1,045.67 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
United STARKids $41.44
United STARPLUS $41.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $41.44
Amerigroup CHIP $41.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $41.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $41.44
United CHIP $41.44
United STARPerinate $41.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.44
United STAR $41.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $43.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.76
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.76
Molina MCDSTAR $45.58
Molina CHIP $45.58
Molina STAR+PLUS $45.58
Molina STARKIDS $45.58
Humana MGMCD $51.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $73.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $73.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $73.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $73.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $73.20
Aetna NewBusiness $74.80
Aetna COMM $79.90
Aetna Meritain $79.90
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna OON $94.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna LocalPlus $126.27
Cigna NewBusiness $126.39
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.03
Cigna HMO $141.03
Cigna NetworkBenefit $141.03
Cigna IFP $141.17
Cigna QHP $146.39
Cigna AllOther $178.49
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Unicare CHIP $219.59
United OptionsPPO $224.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $256.19
Evry Health COMM $269.78
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $353.44
BCBS PPO $357.55
Curative Administrators COMM $418.27
BCBS Traditional $432.91
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $470.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $470.55
City of McKinney COMM $470.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $522.84
Aetna ASA $528.06
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $575.12
Aetna WCOMP $575.12
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $575.12
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $575.12
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $599.17
Averde Health, Inc PPO $606.49
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $627.40
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $627.40
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $731.97
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $731.97
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $784.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $784.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $784.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $836.54
USA Managed Care COMM $836.54
USC Health Services COMM $836.54
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $888.82
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,045.67
Unicare MCD $1,045.67
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,045.67

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Wrist X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $533.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $309.46 $41.44 – $386.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $359.02 $73.90 – $538.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $415.32 $41.44 – $519.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $309.46 $41.44 – $386.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $359.02 $44.34 – $538.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $359.02 $41.44 – $538.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $415.32 $41.44 – $622.98

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