Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$77.75

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.

$77.75

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.

$5.44 with Superior Health Plan vs $96.73 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 STARPLUS $5.44 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5.44 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.44 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.44 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.44 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $10.50 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $10.79 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $10.79 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $10.88 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $14.23 ↓ -82%
Unicare CHIP $14.77 ↓ -81%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $14.87 ↓ -81%
United STAR $15.10 ↓ -81%
United CHIP $15.10 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -81%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.10 ↓ -81%
United STARPerinate $15.10 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.10 ↓ -81%
United STARKids $15.10 ↓ -81%
United STARPLUS $15.10 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.86 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.31 ↓ -79%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.31 ↓ -79%
Molina STARKIDS $16.61 ↓ -79%
Molina CHIP $16.61 ↓ -79%
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.61 ↓ -79%
Molina MCDSTAR $16.61 ↓ -79%
WellMed MGMCR $17.89 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MME $17.98 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health PPO $17.98 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MCR $17.98 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health SNP $17.98 ↓ -77%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.98 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health HMO $17.98 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health POS $17.98 ↓ -77%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -77%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -77%
United SmallGroup $17.98 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -77%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.98 ↓ -77%
Humana MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -77%
Aetna MCR $18.13 ↓ -77%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.16 ↓ -77%
United MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -76%
Integranet MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -76%
WellCare MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $18.88 ↓ -76%
Humana MGMCD $18.88 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $18.88 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $18.88 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $18.88 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $18.88 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $18.88 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -76%
ProCare Advantge MCR $18.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.05 ↓ -75%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.06 ↓ -75%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.06 ↓ -75%
Humana Tricare $19.37 ↓ -75%
Molina MCR $19.60 ↓ -75%
Molina MME $19.60 ↓ -75%
Molina MMP $19.60 ↓ -75%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $19.78 ↓ -75%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.97 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $20.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.29 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.58 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMM $21.69 ↓ -72%
Aetna Meritain $21.69 ↓ -72%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.37 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $25.68 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $26.28 ↓ -66%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $26.97 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $26.97 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $26.97 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $26.97 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $26.97 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.46 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $31.46 ↓ -60%
Superior ValueHMO $32.18 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $32.19 ↓ -59%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.16 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $34.99 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $34.99 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $34.99 ↓ -55%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.60 ↓ -54%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.96 ↓ -54%
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.96 ↓ -54%
BCBS EPOSOA $37.76 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $38.88 ↓ -50%
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $38.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $39.26 ↓ -50%
BCBS PPO $39.56 ↓ -49%
Superior HMO $40.28 ↓ -48%
Superior EPO $40.28 ↓ -48%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $42.76 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $42.76 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $42.76 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $42.76 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $44.55 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $45.09 ↓ -42%
Oscar HIX $46.75 ↓ -40%
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.11 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $54.42 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $54.42 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $55.20 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $58.31 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $58.31 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $62.20 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $62.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $66.09 ↓ -15%
Cigna LocalPlus $68.43 ↓ -12%
Cigna NewBusiness $68.50 ↓ -12%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $69.97 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.43 ↓ -2%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $76.43 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO $76.43 ↓ -2%
Unicare MCD $77.75 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $77.75 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $77.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna AllOther $96.73 ↑ +24%

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