Echo exam of fetal heart 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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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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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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$147.95 with BCBS vs $647.29 with Cigna — 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

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
BCBS BluePremier $147.95
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $154.68
United CHIP $157.04
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $157.04
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $157.04
United STAR $157.04
United STARKids $157.04
United STARPLUS $157.04
United STARPerinate $157.04
Amerigroup CHIP $157.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $157.04
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $157.04
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $162.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $162.87
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $164.89
Aetna Better Health CHIP $169.60
Aetna Better Health MCD $169.60
Molina MCDSTAR $172.74
Molina CHIP $172.74
Molina STAR+PLUS $172.74
Molina STARKIDS $172.74
Humana MGMCD $196.30
Aetna QHPHIX $201.78
Aetna NewBusiness $276.66
Aetna COMM $296.36
Aetna Meritain $296.36
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
United SmallGroup $313.62
Aetna OON $347.60
Cigna LocalPlus $457.90
Cigna NewBusiness $458.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $483.64
BCBS BlueEssentials $483.64
Humana COMM $498.31
BCBS EPOSOA $507.27
Cigna NetworkBenefit $511.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $511.44
Cigna HMO $511.44
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
BCBS PPO $530.89
Cigna AllOther $647.29

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $378.00 $157.04 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $569.48 $117.22 – $854.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $767.01 $157.04 – $958.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $378.00 $157.04 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $569.48 $168.03 – $854.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $569.48 $157.04 – $854.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $767.01 $157.04 – $1,150.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $378.00 $157.04 – $607.02

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