Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$18,940.82
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.
$18,940.82
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.
$325.49 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $18,940.82 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $325.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $330.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $346.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $356.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $356.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $363.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $363.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $363.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $363.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $413.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $450.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $481.13 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,046.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,321.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,325.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,325.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,325.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1,325.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1,325.86 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,557.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $2,651.71 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,466.17 | ↓ -82% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $3,598.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $6,402.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $7,841.50 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $8,523.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,523.37 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $8,523.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $9,470.41 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $9,470.41 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $9,565.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $10,417.45 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $10,417.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $10,417.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $10,417.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $10,853.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $10,985.68 | ↓ -42% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $13,258.57 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $13,258.57 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $13,447.98 | ↓ -29% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $14,205.61 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $14,205.61 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $15,152.66 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $15,152.66 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $16,099.70 | ↓ -15% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $17,046.74 | ↓ -10% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $18,940.82 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $18,940.82 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $18,940.82 | ↑ +0% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,609.30 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,957.73 | $330.45 – $4,947.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,855.61 | $494.01 – $5,783.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,855.61 | $330.45 – $4,819.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,957.73 | $330.45 – $4,947.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,855.61 | $332.94 – $5,783.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,855.61 | $330.45 – $5,783.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,855.61 | $330.45 – $5,783.41 |