Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$7,106.78
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.
$7,106.78
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.
$319.80 with BCBS vs $7,106.78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $319.80 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $372.65 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $372.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $497.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $497.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $497.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $497.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $497.47 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $659.93 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $659.93 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $692.46 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $724.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | COMM | $931.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $959.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $959.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $994.95 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,336.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,350.29 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,414.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,478.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,513.74 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,513.74 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,741.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,783.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,833.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,876.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,876.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,096.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,096.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,096.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,402.09 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,650.83 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,842.71 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,155.41 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,198.05 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,198.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $3,553.39 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,553.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,745.27 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,908.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,908.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,908.73 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,908.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,121.93 | ↓ -42% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,974.75 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,974.75 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,974.75 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,045.81 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $5,166.63 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,330.09 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,685.42 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,685.42 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,040.76 | ↓ -15% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $6,396.10 | ↓ -10% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,106.78 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,106.78 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,106.78 | ↑ +0% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,589.56 | $1,337.94 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |