Biopsy of prostate 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.

$643.01 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,960.34 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 $643.01
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $652.80
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $652.80
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $652.80
United STARPerinate $652.80
United STARPLUS $652.80
United STARKids $652.80
United CHIP $652.80
United STAR $652.80
Amerigroup CHIP $685.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $685.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $685.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $718.08
Molina CHIP $718.08
Molina MCDSTAR $718.08
Molina STARKIDS $718.08
Aetna Better Health MCD $783.36
Aetna Better Health CHIP $783.36
Humana MGMCD $816.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,303.01
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,972.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,056.85
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,056.85
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,517.45
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,517.45
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
BCBS EPOSOA $4,747.75
Humana COMM $4,926.00
BCBS PPO $4,960.34

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Biopsy of prostate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,627.06 $744.33 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,030.85 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,139.32 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,627.06 $700.55 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,030.85 $85.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,030.85 $1,565.94 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,139.32 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,627.06 $700.55 – $5,045.72

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →