Biopsy of cornea 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.

$687.83 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,418.56 with BCBS — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $687.83
United STARPerinate $698.30
United STARPLUS $698.30
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $698.30
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $698.30
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $698.30
United STARKids $698.30
United CHIP $698.30
United STAR $698.30
Amerigroup MGMCD $733.22
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $733.22
Amerigroup CHIP $733.22
Molina CHIP $768.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $768.13
Molina STARKIDS $768.13
Molina MCDSTAR $768.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $837.96
Aetna Better Health MCD $837.96
Humana MGMCD $872.88
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,592.00
United SmallGroup $1,603.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
WellMed MGMCR $2,404.22
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,515.76
Cigna LocalPlus $2,700.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,702.00
Cigna HMO $3,016.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,016.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,016.00
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Cigna AllOther $3,816.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,972.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,431.61
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,431.61
Humana COMM $4,926.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,934.76
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,934.76
BCBS EPOSOA $5,186.34
BCBS PPO $5,418.56

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Biopsy of cornea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,920.65 $71.00 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,920.65 $71.00 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,920.65 $85.00 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,920.65 $698.30 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,920.65 $71.00 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,920.65 $71.00 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $2,920.65 $71.00 – $5,788.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $2,920.65 $71.00 – $5,788.85

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