Smear wet mount at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
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Cash price 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 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.
$1.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $31.01 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1.76 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $3.40 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $3.49 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $3.49 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $3.52 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.61 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $4.78 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $4.82 | — |
| United | STAR | $4.89 | — |
| United | CHIP | $4.89 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4.89 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $4.89 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $4.89 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $4.89 | — |
| United | STARKids | $4.89 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $4.89 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $5.13 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $5.28 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $5.28 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $5.38 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $5.38 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $5.38 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $5.38 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $5.79 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $5.82 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $5.82 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.82 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $5.82 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5.82 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $5.82 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $5.82 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $5.82 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.82 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $5.82 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $5.82 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $5.82 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $5.82 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $5.82 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.87 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $5.88 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $5.94 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $5.94 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $5.99 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $5.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $6.11 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $6.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $6.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $6.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $6.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $6.11 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $6.11 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $6.11 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $6.11 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $6.17 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $6.17 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $6.17 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $6.28 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $6.34 | — |
| Molina | MME | $6.34 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $6.34 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $6.40 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.47 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $6.49 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $6.56 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $6.98 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $7.01 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $7.01 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.57 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $8.31 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $8.51 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $8.73 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $8.73 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $8.73 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $8.73 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $8.73 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $10.19 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $10.19 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $10.42 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $10.42 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $11.06 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $11.33 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $11.33 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $11.33 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $11.52 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $11.64 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $11.64 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $12.22 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $12.59 | — |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $12.59 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $12.71 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $12.80 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $13.04 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $13.04 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $13.84 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $13.84 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $13.84 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $13.84 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $14.42 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $14.60 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $15.13 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $15.25 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $17.62 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $17.62 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $17.87 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $18.88 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $18.88 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $20.14 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $20.14 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $21.39 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $21.94 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $21.96 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $22.65 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $24.51 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $24.51 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $24.51 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $25.17 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $25.17 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $25.17 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $31.01 | — |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $68.63 | $5.23 – $102.94 |
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