X-ray spine single view 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

$822.02

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.

$822.02

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.

$24.39 with United vs $822.02 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 CHIP $24.39 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $24.39 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $24.39 ↓ -97%
United STAR $24.39 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $24.39 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $24.39 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $24.39 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.39 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $24.39 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $24.39 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.34 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $26.34 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.83 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $26.83 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $26.83 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $26.83 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $30.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $38.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $40.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $40.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $48.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $57.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.58 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.65 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.25 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.25 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $73.25 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $92.70 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $110.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $115.08 ↓ -86%
Unicare CHIP $172.62 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $176.73 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $201.39 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $212.08 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $277.84 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $328.81 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $340.32 ↓ -59%
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 ↓ -58%
BCBS PPO $357.55 ↓ -57%
City of McKinney COMM $369.91 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $369.91 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $369.91 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $411.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $415.12 ↓ -50%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $452.11 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $452.11 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $452.11 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $452.11 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $471.02 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $476.77 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $493.21 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $493.21 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $575.41 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $575.41 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $616.51 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $616.51 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $616.51 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $657.62 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $657.62 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $657.62 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $698.72 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $822.02 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $822.02 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $822.02 ↑ +0%

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