Tc-99m mertiatide at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL

317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$3,669.22

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.

$3,669.22

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.

$70.00 with Imaging Providers of Texas vs $4,282.82 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
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $256.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $256.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $256.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $256.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $256.85 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $495.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $513.69 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $671.47 ↓ -82%
Unicare CHIP $697.15 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $697.15 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $733.84 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $733.84 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $733.84 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $763.20 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $898.96 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $917.30 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $946.66 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $968.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $968.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,082.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $1,082.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,082.42 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,240.20 ↓ -66%
United SmallGroup $1,308.90 ↓ -64%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,308.90 ↓ -64%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,308.90 ↓ -64%
Cigna AllOther $1,368.62 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,467.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,519.06 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,651.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,651.15 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,651.15 ↓ -55%
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $1,834.61 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,834.61 ↓ -50%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,018.07 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,018.07 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,018.07 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,018.07 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,102.46 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,128.15 ↓ -42%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,568.45 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,568.45 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,605.15 ↓ -29%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2,662.30 ↓ -27%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,662.30 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,751.91 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,751.91 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $2,935.38 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,935.38 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,118.84 ↓ -15%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,302.30 ↓ -10%
Unicare MCD $3,669.22 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,669.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,669.22 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,896.98 ↑ +6%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,896.98 ↑ +6%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,089.90 ↑ +11%
BCBS PPO $4,282.82 ↑ +17%

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,133.94 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,515.31 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,611.33 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $893.40 $100.00 – $1,914.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $343.70 $250.22 – $1,767.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $290.54 $100.00 – $1,651.40
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,699.87 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57

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