Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$40.82

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.

$40.82

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.

$2.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $104.92 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.86 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $5.51 ↓ -87%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $5.66 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $5.66 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $5.71 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $7.67 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $7.76 ↓ -81%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $7.81 ↓ -81%
United STAR $7.93 ↓ -81%
United CHIP $7.93 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.93 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup CHIP $7.93 ↓ -81%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.93 ↓ -81%
United STARPerinate $7.93 ↓ -81%
United STARPLUS $7.93 ↓ -81%
United STARKids $7.93 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.33 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.56 ↓ -79%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.56 ↓ -79%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.72 ↓ -79%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.72 ↓ -79%
Molina CHIP $8.72 ↓ -79%
Molina STARKIDS $8.72 ↓ -79%
WellMed MGMCR $9.39 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health SNP $9.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health HMO $9.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health POS $9.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MCR $9.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MME $9.44 ↓ -77%
Humana MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -77%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.44 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -77%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.44 ↓ -77%
United SmallGroup $9.44 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.44 ↓ -77%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -77%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health PPO $9.44 ↓ -77%
United MGMCR $9.49 ↓ -77%
Aetna MCR $9.52 ↓ -77%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.53 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.63 ↓ -76%
Integranet MGMCR $9.72 ↓ -76%
WellCare MGMCR $9.72 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.91 ↓ -76%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.91 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.91 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.91 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.91 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.91 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.91 ↓ -76%
Humana MGMCD $9.91 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.91 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.01 ↓ -75%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.01 ↓ -75%
Humana Tricare $10.18 ↓ -75%
Molina MME $10.29 ↓ -75%
Molina MMP $10.29 ↓ -75%
Molina MCR $10.29 ↓ -75%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.38 ↓ -75%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.49 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $10.53 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.33 ↓ -72%
Aetna QHPHIX $12.00 ↓ -71%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.27 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $13.80 ↓ -66%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.16 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.16 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.16 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.16 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.16 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.52 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.52 ↓ -60%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.53 ↓ -60%
Superior ValueHMO $16.90 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.18 ↓ -58%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.18 ↓ -58%
Aetna Meritain $17.60 ↓ -57%
Aetna COMM $17.60 ↓ -57%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.94 ↓ -56%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.03 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $18.12 ↓ -56%
BCBS BluePremier $18.31 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $18.37 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $18.37 ↓ -55%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.69 ↓ -54%
BCBS PPO $18.88 ↓ -54%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $20.41 ↓ -50%
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $20.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna OON $20.72 ↓ -49%
Superior EPO $21.15 ↓ -48%
Superior HMO $21.15 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $21.51 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $22.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $22.45 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $22.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $22.45 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $23.68 ↓ -42%
Oscar HIX $24.54 ↓ -40%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.73 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $28.57 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $28.57 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $28.57 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $28.98 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $29.68 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $30.61 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $32.66 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $32.66 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $34.70 ↓ -15%
Cigna LocalPlus $36.14 ↓ -11%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.18 ↓ -11%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $36.74 ↓ -10%
Cigna HMO $40.36 ↓ -1%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $40.36 ↓ -1%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.36 ↓ -1%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $40.82 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $40.82 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $40.82 ↑ +0%
Cigna AllOther $51.09 ↑ +25%
Humana COMM $104.92 ↑ +157%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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