Injection, famotidine, 20 mg 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.

$1.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $22.68 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.

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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 CHIP $1.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.59
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.59
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.59
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2.93
BCBS BlueEssentials $2.93
Cigna IFP $3.06
Aetna QHPHIX $3.06
BCBS EPOSOA $3.07
Cigna QHP $3.18
BCBS PPO $3.22
BCBS BluePremier $3.83
United OptionsPPO $4.26
Unicare CHIP $4.31
Aetna NewBusiness $4.51
Superior ValueHMO $4.54
Superior EPO $4.54
Superior HMO $4.54
Aetna Meritain $4.83
Aetna COMM $4.83
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.67
Aetna OON $5.69
Cigna NewBusiness $5.99
Cigna LocalPlus $5.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.69
Cigna HMO $6.69
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6.69
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7.67
Cigna AllOther $8.46
BCBS Traditional $10.07
City of McKinney COMM $10.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $11.34
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $11.34
Humana COMM $12.09
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $12.47
Aetna WCOMP $12.47
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $12.47
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $12.47
Averde Health, Inc PPO $13.15
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $15.88
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $15.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16.10
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $16.49
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $17.01
USC Health Services COMM $18.14
USA Managed Care COMM $18.14
Galaxy Health Network PPO $19.28
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $20.41
Independent Medical Systems COMM $22.68
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22.68
Unicare MCD $22.68
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Injection, famotidine, 20 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $59.37 $16.46 – $16.46
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $33.06 $1.14 – $16.46
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $55.79 $1.14 – $16.46
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville Beeville $4.17 $1.72 – $3.32
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon San Antonio $8.74 $0.88 – $3.21
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont $4.65 $2.26 – $3.84
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline Corpus Christi $4.12 $1.44 – $3.32
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