X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) 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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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.

$29.40 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $811.45 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
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $29.40
United STARPerinate $29.40
United STARPLUS $29.40
United STARKids $29.40
United STAR $29.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $29.40
United CHIP $29.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $29.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.40
Amerigroup CHIP $29.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.75
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.75
Molina STARKIDS $32.34
Molina MCDSTAR $32.34
Molina CHIP $32.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $32.34
Humana MGMCD $36.75
Aetna NewBusiness $48.47
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.80
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $56.80
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $56.80
Aetna OON $61.28
Cigna LocalPlus $82.39
Cigna NewBusiness $82.47
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.02
Cigna HMO $92.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.02
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
Cigna IFP $109.55
Cigna QHP $113.60
Cigna AllOther $116.46
Unicare CHIP $170.40
United OptionsPPO $174.46
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $198.81
Evry Health COMM $209.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $274.27
Curative Administrators COMM $324.58
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS Traditional $335.94
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
City of McKinney COMM $365.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $365.15
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $365.15
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $405.73
Aetna ASA $409.78
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $446.30
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $446.30
Aetna WCOMP $446.30
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $446.30
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $464.96
Averde Health, Inc PPO $470.64
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $486.87
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $486.87
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $568.01
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $568.01
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $608.59
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $608.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $608.59
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $649.16
USC Health Services COMM $649.16
USA Managed Care COMM $649.16
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $689.73
Unicare MCD $811.45
Independent Medical Systems COMM $811.45
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $811.45

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X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $575.95 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $303.76 $62.52 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.14 $29.40 – $436.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $303.76 $31.46 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $303.76 $29.40 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $349.14 $29.40 – $523.71

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