X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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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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.

$61.87 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,896.77 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 $61.87
United STARPerinate $62.81
United STARPLUS $62.81
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.81
United STARKids $62.81
United STAR $62.81
Amerigroup CHIP $62.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.81
United CHIP $62.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $62.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $62.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.95
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.83
Molina MCDSTAR $69.09
Molina CHIP $69.09
Molina STAR+PLUS $69.09
Molina STARKIDS $69.09
Humana MGMCD $78.51
Aetna NewBusiness $110.46
Aetna COMM $117.99
Aetna Meritain $117.99
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.77
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $132.77
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.77
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.77
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $132.77
Aetna OON $139.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna LocalPlus $185.67
Cigna NewBusiness $185.85
Cigna NetworkBenefit $207.38
Cigna HMO $207.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.38
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $256.06
Cigna AllOther $262.46
Cigna QHP $265.55
United OptionsPPO $347.11
Unicare CHIP $360.39
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $464.71
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Evry Health COMM $489.37
BCBS PPO $502.12
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $641.11
Curative Administrators COMM $758.71
BCBS Traditional $785.26
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $853.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $853.55
City of McKinney COMM $853.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $948.38
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $948.38
Aetna ASA $957.87
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,043.22
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,043.22
Aetna WCOMP $1,043.22
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,043.22
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,086.85
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,100.13
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,327.74
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,327.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,346.71
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,422.58
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,422.58
USC Health Services COMM $1,517.42
USA Managed Care COMM $1,517.42
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,612.25
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,707.09
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,896.77
Unicare MCD $1,896.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,896.77

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $538.91 $62.81 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $643.60 $62.81 – $965.40

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