X-ray knee 1-2 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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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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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.

$34.41 with United vs $921.76 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.

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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 CHIP $34.41
Amerigroup CHIP $34.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $34.41
United STARPerinate $34.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.41
United STARPLUS $34.41
United STARKids $34.41
United STAR $34.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.16
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.85
Molina MCDSTAR $37.85
Molina STARKIDS $37.85
Molina CHIP $37.85
Humana MGMCD $43.01
Aetna NewBusiness $60.09
Aetna COMM $64.18
Aetna Meritain $64.18
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $64.52
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $64.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.52
Aetna OON $75.96
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $101.76
Cigna NewBusiness $101.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.66
Cigna HMO $113.66
Cigna NetworkBenefit $113.66
Cigna IFP $124.44
Cigna QHP $129.05
Cigna AllOther $143.85
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Unicare CHIP $193.57
United OptionsPPO $198.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $225.83
Evry Health COMM $237.81
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $311.55
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Curative Administrators COMM $368.70
BCBS Traditional $381.61
United GlobalBenefitPlan $414.79
City of McKinney COMM $414.79
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $414.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $460.88
Aetna ASA $465.49
Aetna WCOMP $506.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $506.97
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $506.97
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $506.97
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $528.17
Averde Health, Inc PPO $534.62
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $553.06
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $553.06
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $645.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $645.23
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $691.32
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $691.32
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $691.32
USC Health Services COMM $737.41
USA Managed Care COMM $737.41
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $737.41
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $783.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $921.76
Independent Medical Systems COMM $921.76
Unicare MCD $921.76

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X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $558.73 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $273.20 $34.41 – $341.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $277.32 $57.08 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $379.64 $34.41 – $474.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $273.20 $34.41 – $341.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $277.32 $36.82 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $277.32 $34.41 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $379.64 $34.41 – $569.46

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