Brain image < 4 views at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$2,809.60
Cash price 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.
$2,809.60
Gross charge 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.
$167.85 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,809.60 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $167.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STAR | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPLUS | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARKids | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | CHIP | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPerinate | $170.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $178.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $184.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $184.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $187.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | CHIP | $187.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $187.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $187.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $196.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $196.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $196.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $196.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $196.67 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $201.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $213.01 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $221.42 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $221.42 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $258.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $353.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMM | $379.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $379.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $379.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $393.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $444.75 | ↓ -84% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | ↓ -83% |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $528.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $533.82 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $657.49 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $657.49 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | COMM | $680.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $688.35 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $689.60 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | PPO | $721.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $724.88 | ↓ -74% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $949.64 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,123.84 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,247.46 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,264.32 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,264.32 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,404.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $1,404.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,480.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,545.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,545.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,545.28 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,545.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,629.57 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,966.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,966.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,966.72 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,994.82 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,042.58 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,107.20 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,247.68 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,247.68 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,388.16 | ↓ -15% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,528.64 | ↓ -10% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,809.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,809.60 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,809.60 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $438.80 | $75.23 – $752.22 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $207.63 | $170.41 – $590.75 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $2,005.65 | $167.85 – $258.18 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $3,723.81 | $170.41 – $258.18 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $650.73 – $650.73 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $177.76 – $514.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $167.00 – $915.16 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $180.43 – $915.16 |