Ultrasound spinal canal and contents 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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,135.77 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.

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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 $103.18
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
United STAR $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $203.42
Aetna Meritain $217.29
Aetna COMM $217.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $219.50
Superior Health Plan STARKids $219.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $219.50
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $219.50
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $219.50
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna OON $257.17
Cigna LocalPlus $374.19
Cigna NewBusiness $374.56
Cigna NetworkBenefit $417.94
Cigna HMO $417.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $417.94
Cigna IFP $423.33
Cigna QHP $439.01
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12
Cigna AllOther $528.95
United OptionsPPO $573.85
Unicare CHIP $595.80
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $768.26
Evry Health COMM $809.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,059.89
Curative Administrators COMM $1,254.31
BCBS Traditional $1,298.21
City of McKinney COMM $1,411.10
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,411.10
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,411.10
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $1,567.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,567.88
Aetna ASA $1,583.56
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,724.67
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,724.67
Aetna WCOMP $1,724.67
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,724.67
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,796.80
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,818.75
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,195.04
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,195.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,226.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,351.83
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,351.83
USC Health Services COMM $2,508.62
USA Managed Care COMM $2,508.62
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,665.40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,822.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,135.77
Unicare MCD $3,135.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,135.77

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $450.60 $99.77 – $563.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $529.99 $109.09 – $794.98
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $529.99 $104.75 – $794.98
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