Salivary gland function exam 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

$3,778.40

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.

$3,778.40

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.

$100.38 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,778.40 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $100.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $101.21 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $101.91 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $101.91 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $101.91 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $101.91 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $101.91 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $101.91 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $101.91 ↓ -97%
United STAR $101.91 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $101.91 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $101.91 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $107.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $110.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $110.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $111.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $111.42 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $112.10 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $112.10 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $112.10 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $112.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $127.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $140.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $192.49 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $206.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $206.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $241.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $264.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $264.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $264.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $264.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $264.49 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $330.84 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $330.84 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $336.89 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $347.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $363.16 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $510.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $528.98 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $710.34 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $717.90 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $925.71 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $974.83 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,277.10 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,511.36 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,677.61 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,700.28 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,700.28 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,889.20 ↓ -50%
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $1,889.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,991.22 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,078.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,078.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,078.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,078.12 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,191.47 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,644.88 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,644.88 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,644.88 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,682.66 ↓ -29%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,746.90 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,833.80 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $3,022.72 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,022.72 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,211.64 ↓ -15%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,400.56 ↓ -10%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,778.40 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,778.40 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,778.40 ↑ +0%

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