X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 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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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.

$51.35 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,936.85 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 $51.35
United STARPerinate $52.13
Amerigroup CHIP $52.13
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $52.13
United STARPLUS $52.13
United STARKids $52.13
United STAR $52.13
Amerigroup MGMCD $52.13
United CHIP $52.13
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $52.13
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $52.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $54.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $56.30
Aetna Better Health CHIP $56.30
Molina MCDSTAR $57.34
Molina CHIP $57.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $57.34
Molina STARKIDS $57.34
Humana MGMCD $65.16
Aetna NewBusiness $89.51
Aetna COMM $95.62
Aetna Meritain $95.62
Aetna OON $113.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $135.58
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $135.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $135.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $135.58
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $135.58
Cigna LocalPlus $150.81
Cigna NewBusiness $150.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $168.45
Cigna HMO $168.45
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $168.45
Cigna AllOther $213.19
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $261.47
Cigna QHP $271.16
United OptionsPPO $354.44
Unicare CHIP $368.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $474.53
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Evry Health COMM $499.71
BCBS PPO $502.12
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $654.66
Curative Administrators COMM $774.74
BCBS Traditional $801.86
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $871.58
United GlobalBenefitPlan $871.58
City of McKinney COMM $871.58
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $968.42
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $968.42
Aetna ASA $978.11
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,065.27
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,065.27
Aetna WCOMP $1,065.27
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,065.27
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,109.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,123.37
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,355.80
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,355.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,375.16
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,452.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,452.64
USC Health Services COMM $1,549.48
USA Managed Care COMM $1,549.48
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,646.32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,743.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,936.85
Unicare MCD $1,936.85
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,936.85

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X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $872.16 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $475.04 $52.13 – $593.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $559.42 $115.15 – $839.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $626.63 $52.13 – $783.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $475.04 $52.13 – $593.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $559.42 $55.78 – $839.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $559.42 $52.13 – $839.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $626.63 $52.13 – $939.95

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