Whole blood for transfusion at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$3,751.30
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.
$3,751.30
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.
$51.27 with Aetna vs $3,751.30 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $51.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $54.81 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | COMM | $54.81 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | OON | $64.90 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $262.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $262.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $262.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $262.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $262.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $506.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $525.18 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $686.49 | ↓ -82% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $712.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $780.27 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $896.56 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $896.56 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $919.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $967.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $990.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $990.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,106.63 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,106.63 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,106.63 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,177.91 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,177.91 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,237.93 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,267.94 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,294.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,399.23 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,500.52 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,553.04 | ↓ -59% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,688.09 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,688.09 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,688.09 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,875.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $1,875.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,894.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,063.22 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,063.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,063.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,063.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,149.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,175.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,625.91 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,625.91 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,663.42 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,813.47 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,813.47 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,001.04 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,001.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,188.61 | ↓ -15% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $3,376.17 | ↓ -10% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,751.30 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,751.30 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,751.30 | ↑ +0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $487.92 | $138.24 – $609.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $485.68 | $99.97 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $509.96 | $101.99 – $637.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $487.92 | $130.11 – $609.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $485.68 | $155.90 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $485.68 | $250.93 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $509.96 | $169.99 – $764.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $487.92 | $130.11 – $609.90 |