Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered 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.

$5.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $74.58 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 STARHealth $5.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.22
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.22
Humana Tricare $6.44
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.64
Cigna IFP $10.07
Aetna QHPHIX $10.07
Cigna QHP $10.44
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.17
United SmallGroup $11.17
United AllPayerAppendix $11.17
United OptionsPPO $14.02
Unicare CHIP $14.17
Aetna NewBusiness $14.84
Aetna Meritain $15.89
Aetna COMM $15.89
Aetna OON $18.72
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $25.21
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $28.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.64
BCBS Traditional $33.11
City of McKinney COMM $33.56
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $37.29
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $37.29
Aetna ASA $39.30
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $41.02
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $41.02
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $41.02
Aetna WCOMP $41.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $41.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $41.91
Averde Health, Inc PPO $43.26
BCBS EPOSOA $43.99
BCBS PPO $46.07
Cigna LocalPlus $49.19
Cigna NewBusiness $49.24
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $52.21
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $52.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $52.95
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $54.22
BCBS BluePremier $54.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.96
Cigna NetworkBenefit $54.96
Cigna HMO $54.96
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $55.94
USC Health Services COMM $59.66
USA Managed Care COMM $59.66
Galaxy Health Network PPO $63.39
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $67.12
Cigna AllOther $69.53
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $74.58
Unicare MCD $74.58
Independent Medical Systems COMM $74.58

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $57.47 $31.96 – $31.96
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $57.96 $28.23 – $31.04
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $19.69 $6.64 – $19.67
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $10.59 $6.11 – $39.23
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $22.12 $12.03 – $54.64

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