Blood typing patient serum 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.

$9.80 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $147.03 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
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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 $9.80
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.80
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $13.52
United STARKids $13.73
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.73
Amerigroup CHIP $13.73
United STARPerinate $13.73
United STARPLUS $13.73
United CHIP $13.73
United STAR $13.73
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.42
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.83
Molina MCDSTAR $15.10
Molina CHIP $15.10
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.10
Molina STARKIDS $15.10
WellMed MGMCR $16.26
Devoted Health HMO $16.34
Devoted Health SNP $16.34
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.34
BCBS MCRPPO $16.34
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.34
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.34
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.34
Devoted Health POS $16.34
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $16.34
Humana MGMCR $16.34
Devoted Health PPO $16.34
United AllPayerAppendix $16.34
United SmallGroup $16.34
Devoted Health MCR $16.34
Devoted Health MME $16.34
United MGMCR $16.42
Aetna MCR $16.48
Care N Care MGMCR $16.50
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.67
WellCare MGMCR $16.83
Integranet MGMCR $16.83
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.16
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.16
Humana MGMCD $17.16
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.32
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.32
Molina MCR $17.81
Molina MME $17.81
Molina MMP $17.81
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $17.97
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.61
Aetna QHPHIX $20.78
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.24
Bravo Health MCRPOS $24.51
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $24.51
Bravo Health MCRSNP $24.51
Bravo Health MCRPPO $24.51
Bravo Health MCRHMO $24.51
Aetna NewBusiness $28.62
Superior ValueHMO $29.25
Aetna Meritain $30.48
Aetna COMM $30.48
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.05
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.35
Aetna OON $35.87
Superior EPO $36.60
Superior HMO $36.60
Oscar HIX $42.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $60.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $60.84
Cigna LocalPlus $61.97
Cigna NewBusiness $62.03
BCBS EPOSOA $63.85
BCBS BluePremier $64.85
BCBS PPO $66.86
Cigna HMO $69.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $69.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $69.22
Cigna AllOther $87.60
Humana COMM $147.03
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