New Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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.

$17.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $275.74 with BCBS — 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 $17.49
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $17.49
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $17.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.49
Cigna IFP $33.73
Aetna QHPHIX $33.73
Cigna QHP $34.98
United OptionsPPO $46.98
Unicare CHIP $47.48
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $47.48
Aetna NewBusiness $49.73
Aetna Meritain $53.22
Aetna COMM $53.22
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $61.22
Aetna OON $62.72
Evry Health COMM $64.47
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $84.46
Curative Administrators COMM $99.95
BCBS Traditional $110.95
City of McKinney COMM $112.45
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $112.45
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $124.94
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $124.94
Aetna ASA $131.69
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $137.43
Aetna WCOMP $137.43
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $137.43
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $137.43
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.73
Averde Health, Inc PPO $144.93
Humana COMM $166.68
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $174.92
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $174.92
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $174.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $177.41
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $181.66
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $187.41
USC Health Services COMM $199.90
USA Managed Care COMM $199.90
Galaxy Health Network PPO $212.40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $224.89
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $249.88
Independent Medical Systems COMM $249.88
Unicare MCD $249.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $251.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $251.00
BCBS EPOSOA $263.37
BCBS PPO $275.74

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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $412.32 $198.43 – $198.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $165.90 $60.82 – $474.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $203.88 $7.90 – $110.16
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $66.56 $36.30 – $217.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $203.88 $34.10 – $224.91
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $165.90 $74.00 – $474.00

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