Throat x-ray & fluoroscopy 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.
$83.86 with United vs $1,597.58 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
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| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $85.28 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $86.58 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $86.58 | — |
| United | STAR | $86.58 | — |
| United | STARKids | $86.58 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $86.58 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $86.58 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $86.58 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $86.58 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $86.58 | — |
| United | CHIP | $86.58 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $90.91 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $93.51 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $93.51 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $95.24 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $95.24 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $95.24 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $95.24 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $108.22 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $109.34 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $109.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $111.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $111.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $111.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $111.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $111.83 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $184.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $197.44 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $197.44 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $215.67 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $223.66 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $233.67 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $292.36 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $303.54 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $325.62 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $338.05 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $338.38 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $341.59 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $357.55 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $377.57 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $377.57 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $377.57 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $391.41 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $412.18 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $477.87 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $539.98 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $639.03 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $661.40 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $718.91 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $718.91 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $718.91 | — |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $798.79 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $798.79 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $806.78 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $878.67 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $878.67 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $878.67 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $878.67 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $915.41 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $926.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,118.31 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,118.31 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,134.28 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,198.18 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,198.18 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,278.06 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,278.06 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,357.94 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,437.82 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,597.58 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,597.58 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,597.58 | — |
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Throat x-ray & fluoroscopy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $407.07 | $83.79 – $610.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $427.43 | $83.05 – $534.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $407.07 | $83.05 – $610.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $407.07 | $86.58 – $610.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $427.43 | $83.05 – $641.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $407.07 | $83.05 – $508.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $407.07 | $83.05 – $610.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $427.43 | $83.05 – $641.15 |