X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 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

$1,349.40

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.

$1,349.40

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.

$34.75 with United vs $1,349.40 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 $34.75 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.75 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.75 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $34.75 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $34.75 ↓ -97%
United STAR $34.75 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.75 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $34.75 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $34.75 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $34.75 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.53 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $38.23 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $38.23 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $38.23 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $38.23 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $43.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $56.99 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $60.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $60.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $72.05 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $94.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $94.46 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $95.30 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $95.40 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $106.44 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $106.44 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.44 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $134.72 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $182.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $188.92 ↓ -86%
Unicare CHIP $283.37 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $290.12 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $330.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $348.15 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $357.55 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $456.10 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $539.76 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $558.65 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $607.23 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $607.23 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $607.23 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $674.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $681.45 ↓ -49%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $742.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $742.17 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $742.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $742.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $773.21 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $782.65 ↓ -42%
Magellan Behavior Health Pinnacle $809.64 ↓ -40%
Magellan Behavior Health Summit $809.64 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $944.58 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $944.58 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,012.05 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,012.05 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,012.05 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,079.52 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,079.52 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,079.52 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,146.99 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,349.40 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,349.40 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,349.40 ↑ +0%

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