Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL
317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406
$5.80
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.
$5.80
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.
$0.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $13.26 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $0.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $0.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $0.81 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1.00 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1.09 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1.10 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $1.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $1.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $1.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1.45 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $1.46 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1.46 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1.54 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1.61 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1.96 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2.58 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2.61 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2.90 | ↓ -50% |
| Global Sports Services | COMMPPO | $2.90 | ↓ -50% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3.36 | ↓ -42% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4.06 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4.12 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4.22 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $4.35 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4.64 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4.93 | ↓ -15% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $5.22 | ↓ -10% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5.80 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $5.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $9.38 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $9.39 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | COMM | $9.66 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | HMO | $10.48 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $10.48 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $10.48 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $13.26 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $75.98 | $0.57 – $13.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $13.22 | $0.57 – $13.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $4.08 | $0.57 – $13.15 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $87.04 | $0.81 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $26.43 | $1.00 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL | Frisco | $11.35 | $0.96 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $78.15 | $1.00 – $9.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL | McKinney | $39.42 | $1.00 – $9.66 |