ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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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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.

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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.

$77.04 with Aetna Better Health vs $8,600.00 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Better Health MCD $77.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00
Amerigroup CHIP $363.00
Molina STARKIDS $400.00
Molina CHIP $400.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $400.00
Molina MCDSTAR $400.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $779.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $779.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $779.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $779.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $779.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $779.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $800.00
Cigna IFP $1,041.79
Cigna QHP $1,080.37
United OptionsPPO $1,450.78
Unicare CHIP $1,466.22
Oscar HIX $2,433.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,608.32
BCBS Traditional $3,426.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,448.00
City of McKinney COMM $3,472.62
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,858.47
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $3,858.47
Aetna ASA $4,066.82
Aetna WCOMP $4,244.31
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,244.31
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,244.31
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,244.31
United SmallGroup $4,400.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,475.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,684.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,800.00
Aetna QHPHIX $4,994.00
Evry Health COMM $5,030.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,401.85
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,401.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,479.02
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,610.21
Curative Administrators COMM $5,622.00
Cigna LocalPlus $5,630.00
Cigna NewBusiness $5,635.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,787.70
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,000.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,000.00
USC Health Services COMM $6,173.54
USA Managed Care COMM $6,173.54
United AllPayerAppendix $6,270.00
Cigna HMO $6,290.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,290.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,290.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,559.39
Aetna NewBusiness $6,842.00
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $6,945.24
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,000.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,000.00
Aetna COMM $7,311.00
Aetna Meritain $7,311.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7,360.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,716.93
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,716.93
Unicare MCD $7,716.93
BCBS PPO $7,720.00
Cigna AllOther $7,957.00
Aetna OON $8,600.00
Humana COMM not published by hospital
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,127.54 $1,942.36 – $1,942.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,327.80 $568.33 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,377.55 $489.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,377.55 $475.51 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,327.80 $568.33 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,377.55 $568.33 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,377.55 $1,228.40 – $5,475.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,377.55 $568.33 – $5,475.00

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