Tprnl balo cntnc dev uni 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

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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.

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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $28,286.00 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.

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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 STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,152.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00
United SmallGroup $5,368.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,609.00
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
United AllPayerAppendix $7,828.00
Aetna NewBusiness $8,869.00
Aetna COMM $9,475.00
Aetna Meritain $9,475.00
WellMed MGMCR $9,572.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10,769.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,769.08
Aetna OON $11,209.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11,490.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $11,490.02
BCBS EPOSOA $12,075.79
BCBS PPO $12,616.49
Cigna LocalPlus $20,013.00
Cigna NewBusiness $20,033.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $22,360.00
Cigna HMO $22,360.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22,360.00
Cigna AllOther $28,286.00

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Tprnl balo cntnc dev uni at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4,826.69 – $5,632.36
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $7,184.00 – $7,184.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $7,209.42 – $7,209.42
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9,237.07 – $9,237.07
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $5,260.00 – $9,597.55
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $7,840.25 – $9,557.15
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $8,020.48 – $9,557.15
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $8,020.48 – $8,020.48

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