Knee X-ray 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.

$46.74 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,606.18 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $46.74
Amerigroup CHIP $47.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.45
United STARPerinate $47.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.45
United STARPLUS $47.45
United STARKids $47.45
United STAR $47.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $47.45
United CHIP $47.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $47.45
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $49.82
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.25
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.25
Molina STARKIDS $52.20
Molina MCDSTAR $52.20
Molina CHIP $52.20
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.20
Humana MGMCD $59.31
Aetna QHPHIX $59.47
Aetna NewBusiness $81.54
Aetna Meritain $87.34
Aetna COMM $87.34
Aetna OON $102.44
Superior Health Plan STARKids $112.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $112.43
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $112.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $112.43
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $112.43
Humana COMM $113.72
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Cigna LocalPlus $137.90
Cigna NewBusiness $138.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
Cigna HMO $154.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $154.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $154.02
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna AllOther $194.93
Cigna IFP $216.83
Cigna QHP $224.87
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United OptionsPPO $301.96
Unicare CHIP $305.17
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $393.51
Evry Health COMM $414.39
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $542.89
Curative Administrators COMM $642.47
BCBS Traditional $713.14
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $722.78
City of McKinney COMM $722.78
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $803.09
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $803.09
Aetna ASA $846.46
Aetna WCOMP $883.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $883.40
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $883.40
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $883.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $931.58
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,124.33
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,124.33
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,124.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,140.39
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,167.69
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,204.63
USC Health Services COMM $1,284.94
USA Managed Care COMM $1,284.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,365.25
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,445.56
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,606.18
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,606.18
Unicare MCD $1,606.18

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Knee X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $679.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $357.20 $47.45 – $446.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $500.23 $102.96 – $750.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $518.08 $47.45 – $647.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $357.20 $47.45 – $446.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $500.23 $50.77 – $750.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $500.23 $47.45 – $750.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $518.08 $47.45 – $777.12

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