Contrast x-ray of hip 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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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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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.

$127.37 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,630.50 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

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 $127.37
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $129.31
United CHIP $129.31
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $129.31
United STAR $129.31
United STARKids $129.31
United STARPLUS $129.31
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $129.31
United STARPerinate $129.31
Amerigroup CHIP $129.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $129.31
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $135.78
Aetna Better Health CHIP $139.65
Aetna Better Health MCD $139.65
Molina STARKIDS $142.24
Molina MCDSTAR $142.24
Molina CHIP $142.24
Molina STAR+PLUS $142.24
Humana MGMCD $161.64
Aetna QHPHIX $180.63
Aetna NewBusiness $247.67
Aetna COMM $265.31
Aetna Meritain $265.31
Humana COMM $297.45
Aetna OON $311.17
Cigna LocalPlus $400.02
Cigna NewBusiness $400.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $446.79
Cigna HMO $446.79
Cigna NetworkBenefit $446.79
BCBS BluePremier $454.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
Cigna AllOther $565.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United SmallGroup $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $520.38 $129.31 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,006.12 $207.09 – $1,509.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $923.65 $129.31 – $1,154.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $520.38 $129.31 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,006.12 $138.36 – $1,509.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,006.12 $129.31 – $1,509.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $923.65 $129.31 – $1,385.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $520.38 $129.31 – $952.69

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