X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw 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

$1,503.52

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.

$1,503.52

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.

$44.78 with Amerigroup vs $1,503.52 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.78 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $44.78 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $44.78 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STAR $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $44.78 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $47.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $48.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $48.36 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $49.26 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $49.26 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $49.26 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $49.26 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $55.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $75.57 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $80.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $80.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $95.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $105.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $105.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $105.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $105.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $105.25 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $126.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $126.39 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $141.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $141.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.03 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $178.49 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $202.98 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $210.49 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -84%
Unicare CHIP $315.74 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $323.26 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $368.36 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $387.91 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $502.12 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $508.19 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $601.41 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $622.46 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $676.58 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $676.58 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $676.58 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $751.76 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $759.28 ↓ -49%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $826.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $826.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $826.94 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $826.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $861.52 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $872.04 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $902.11 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $902.11 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,052.46 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,052.46 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,127.64 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,127.64 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,127.64 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,202.82 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,202.82 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,202.82 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,277.99 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,503.52 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,503.52 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,503.52 ↑ +0%

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