2nd order venous cath at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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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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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.

$428.72 with Optum Health vs $4,609.06 with Humana — 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
Optum Health MCD $428.72
Cigna IFP $526.16
Cigna QHP $545.65
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $740.52
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $779.49
United OptionsPPO $837.96
Unicare CHIP $935.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $962.68
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $962.68
Cigna LocalPlus $1,028.93
Cigna NewBusiness $1,028.93
BCBS BluePremier $1,138.06
Cigna HMO $1,149.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,149.75
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,149.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,243.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,243.29
BCBS EPOSOA $1,305.65
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,317.34
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,364.11
BCBS PPO $1,364.11
Cigna AllOther $1,453.76
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,558.99
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
BCBS Traditional $1,730.48
City of McKinney COMM $1,753.86
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,909.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,948.73
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna ASA $2,053.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,143.61
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,143.61
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,143.61
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,143.61
Aetna WCOMP $2,143.61
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,182.58
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,260.53
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,295.61
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,295.61
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,611.30
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,728.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,728.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,728.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,767.20
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,923.10
USC Health Services COMM $3,117.98
USA Managed Care COMM $3,117.98
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,312.85
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,468.75
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,897.47
Unicare MCD $3,897.47
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,897.47
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $4,609.06
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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2nd order venous cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,806.24 $795.10 – $3,975.51
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,035.30 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $4,609.06 – $4,609.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,725.72 $71.00 – $4,088.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,128.64 $71.00 – $2,660.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,806.24 $748.33 – $3,975.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,725.72 $85.00 – $4,088.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,725.72 $1,408.29 – $4,088.57

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