New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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

$937.07

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.

$937.07

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.

$65.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $937.07 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 $65.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $65.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $65.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.59 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $126.50 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $126.50 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $131.19 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $176.17 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $178.04 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $178.04 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $186.48 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $199.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $199.60 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $229.58 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $235.20 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $241.76 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $258.46 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $316.73 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $374.83 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $416.06 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $421.68 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $421.68 ↓ -55%
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $468.54 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $468.54 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $470.77 ↓ -50%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $470.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $493.84 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $515.39 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $515.39 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $515.39 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $515.39 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $543.50 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $655.95 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $655.95 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $655.95 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $665.32 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $681.25 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $702.80 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $749.66 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $749.66 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $796.51 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueEssentials $833.70 ↓ -11%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $833.70 ↓ -11%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $843.36 ↓ -10%
BCBS EPOSOA $874.78 ↓ -7%
BCBS PPO $915.87 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $937.07 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $937.07 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $937.07 ↑ +0%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,075.78 $659.08 – $659.08
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,210.66 $351.91 – $400.58
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St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $208.78 $37.59 – $295.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $246.90 $100.00 – $671.98
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