Extended steel shank 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.

$76.89 with Humana vs $447.82 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
Humana Tricare $76.89
BCBS MCRPPO $77.71
BCBS MGMCRHMO $77.71
WellMed MGMCR $78.87
Devoted Health MCR $79.27
Devoted Health MME $79.27
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $79.27
Devoted Health SNP $79.27
Humana MGMCR $79.27
Devoted Health POS $79.27
Devoted Health PPO $79.27
Amerigroup DualEligible $79.27
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $79.27
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $79.27
Devoted Health HMO $79.27
United MGMCR $79.67
Aetna MCR $79.94
Care N Care MGMCR $80.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $80.86
WellCare MGMCR $81.65
Integranet MGMCR $81.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $83.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $83.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $83.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $83.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $83.23
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $83.23
ProCare Advantge MCR $83.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $83.23
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $84.03
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $84.03
Molina MME $86.40
Molina MMP $86.40
Molina MCR $86.40
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $87.20
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $95.12
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $103.05
Bravo Health MCRHMO $118.91
Bravo Health MCRSNP $118.91
Bravo Health MCRPPO $118.91
Bravo Health MCRPOS $118.91
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $118.91
Superior ValueHMO $141.89
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $150.61
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $156.95
Superior EPO $177.56
Superior HMO $177.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $207.69
Humana COMM $447.82

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Extended steel shank at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $77.68 – $170.43
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $77.68 – $170.43

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