X-ray skull < 4 views 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

$1,066.82

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.

$1,066.82

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.

$36.09 with United vs $1,066.82 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $36.09 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $36.09 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $36.09 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $36.09 ↓ -97%
United STAR $36.09 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $36.09 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.09 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $36.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $37.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $38.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $38.98 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $39.70 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $39.70 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $39.70 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $39.70 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $45.11 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $62.41 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $66.66 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $66.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.68 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $78.90 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $105.61 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $105.71 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.96 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $117.96 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $117.96 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $144.02 ↓ -87%
Cigna AllOther $149.29 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $149.35 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -86%
Unicare CHIP $224.03 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $229.37 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $261.37 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $275.24 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $360.59 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $426.73 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $441.66 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $480.07 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $480.07 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $480.07 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $502.12 ↓ -53%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $533.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $538.74 ↓ -50%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $586.75 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $586.75 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $586.75 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $586.75 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $611.29 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $618.76 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $640.09 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $640.09 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $746.77 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $746.77 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $800.12 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $800.12 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $800.12 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $853.46 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $853.46 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $853.46 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $906.80 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,066.82 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,066.82 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,066.82 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $277.54 $36.09 – $346.92
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