Artery x-rays lung at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL

317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$110.65 with BCBS vs $6,438.74 with United — 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
BCBS BluePremier $110.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $121.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.80
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $132.97
United STARKids $134.99
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $134.99
United STARPerinate $134.99
Amerigroup MGMCD $134.99
United CHIP $134.99
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $134.99
United STAR $134.99
United STARPLUS $134.99
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $134.99
Amerigroup CHIP $134.99
Aetna QHPHIX $135.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $141.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $145.79
Aetna Better Health CHIP $145.79
Molina MCDSTAR $148.49
Molina CHIP $148.49
Molina STAR+PLUS $148.49
Molina STARKIDS $148.49
Humana MGMCD $168.74
Aetna NewBusiness $186.28
Aetna COMM $199.54
Aetna Meritain $199.54
Aetna OON $234.04
Cigna LocalPlus $318.43
Cigna NewBusiness $318.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $355.67
Cigna HMO $355.67
Cigna NetworkBenefit $355.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $361.69
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $361.69
BCBS EPOSOA $379.36
Humana COMM $385.57
BCBS PPO $397.02
Cigna AllOther $450.14
United SmallGroup $1,327.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,327.01
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,168.15 $312.41 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,168.15 $144.44 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,168.15 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23

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