Insertion of catheter vein at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$1,682.42
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.
$1,682.42
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.
$227.13 with Cigna vs $4,332.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | IFP | $227.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $235.54 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $316.29 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $319.66 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $319.66 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $415.56 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $415.56 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $444.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $444.16 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $491.27 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $496.31 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $496.31 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $496.31 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $536.69 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $536.69 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $563.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $568.66 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $588.85 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $627.54 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $746.99 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $757.09 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $841.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $886.64 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $925.33 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $925.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $925.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $925.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $975.80 | ↓ -42% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,177.69 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,177.69 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,177.69 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,194.52 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,223.12 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,261.82 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,316.78 | ↓ -22% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,345.94 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,345.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,430.06 | ↓ -15% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -14% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,514.18 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↓ -1% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,682.42 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,682.42 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,682.42 | ↑ +0% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↑ +23% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↑ +57% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,960.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↑ +157% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,799.84 | $509.95 – $2,549.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $658.69 | $71.00 – $988.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $538.61 | $71.00 – $673.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,799.84 | $479.96 – $2,549.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $658.69 | $85.00 – $988.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $658.69 | $340.32 – $988.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $538.61 | $71.00 – $807.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,799.84 | $479.96 – $2,549.77 |