Compatibility test each unit electronic at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$649.25
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.
$649.25
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.
$37.04 with Aetna vs $649.25 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $37.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $45.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $45.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $45.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $45.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $45.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $51.01 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $54.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMM | $54.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OON | $63.94 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $87.65 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $90.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $104.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $104.71 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $116.84 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | HMO | $116.84 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $116.84 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $122.06 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $123.36 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $135.04 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $147.87 | ↓ -77% |
| United | SmallGroup | $149.16 | ↓ -77% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $149.16 | ↓ -77% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $149.16 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $159.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $167.51 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $219.45 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | COMM | $249.16 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $251.13 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $251.13 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $261.17 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $261.17 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $274.08 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $278.39 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | PPO | $287.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $288.27 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $292.16 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $292.16 | ↓ -55% |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $324.63 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $324.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $342.15 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $357.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $357.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $357.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $357.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $376.56 | ↓ -42% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $454.48 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $454.48 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $454.48 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $460.97 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $472.00 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $486.94 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $519.40 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $519.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $551.86 | ↓ -15% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $584.33 | ↓ -10% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $649.25 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $649.25 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $649.25 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $188.22 | $10.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $211.75 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $211.75 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $188.22 | $10.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $211.75 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $211.75 | $8.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $211.75 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $188.22 | $10.00 – $423.12 |