Assay of corticosterone 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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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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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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$13.51 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $250.15 with Humana — 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

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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $13.51
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $13.51
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $18.64
United STARPLUS $18.92
United STARPerinate $18.92
Amerigroup CHIP $18.92
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $18.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.92
United CHIP $18.92
United STAR $18.92
United STARKids $18.92
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $19.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.43
Aetna Better Health CHIP $20.43
Molina MCDSTAR $20.81
Molina STARKIDS $20.81
Molina CHIP $20.81
Molina STAR+PLUS $20.81
WellMed MGMCR $22.41
United SmallGroup $22.52
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $22.52
Humana MGMCR $22.52
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.52
BCBS MCRPPO $22.52
Devoted Health HMO $22.52
Devoted Health PPO $22.52
Devoted Health POS $22.52
Devoted Health MCR $22.52
Devoted Health MME $22.52
Amerigroup DualEligible $22.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.52
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $22.52
United AllPayerAppendix $22.52
Devoted Health SNP $22.52
United MGMCR $22.63
Aetna MCR $22.71
Care N Care MGMCR $22.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $22.97
Integranet MGMCR $23.20
WellCare MGMCR $23.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $23.65
Humana MGMCD $23.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $23.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $23.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $23.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $23.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $23.65
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $23.65
ProCare Advantge MCR $23.65
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $23.87
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $23.87
Humana Tricare $24.27
Molina MCR $24.55
Molina MME $24.55
Molina MMP $24.55
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $24.77
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $25.02
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $27.02
Aetna QHPHIX $28.64
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $29.28
Bravo Health MCRHMO $33.78
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $33.78
Bravo Health MCRPOS $33.78
Bravo Health MCRPPO $33.78
Bravo Health MCRSNP $33.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $39.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.41
Aetna NewBusiness $39.45
Superior ValueHMO $40.31
BCBS BlueEssentials $40.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $40.99
Aetna COMM $42.02
Aetna Meritain $42.02
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $42.79
BCBS EPOSOA $43.01
BCBS BluePremier $43.69
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $44.59
BCBS PPO $45.04
Aetna OON $49.45
Superior HMO $50.44
Superior EPO $50.44
Oscar HIX $58.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $59.00
Cigna LocalPlus $85.23
Cigna NewBusiness $85.32
Cigna NetworkBenefit $95.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.20
Cigna HMO $95.20
Cigna AllOther $120.49
Humana COMM $250.15
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