Abd/low ext cath addl 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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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.

$145.72 with Optum Health vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 $145.72
Cigna IFP $178.83
Cigna QHP $185.46
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $251.69
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $264.94
United OptionsPPO $284.81
Unicare CHIP $317.93
BCBS MyBlueHealth $327.20
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $327.20
Cigna NewBusiness $349.72
Cigna LocalPlus $349.72
BCBS BluePremier $386.81
Cigna HMO $390.78
Cigna NetworkBenefit $390.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $390.78
BCBS BlueEssentials $422.58
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $422.58
BCBS EPOSOA $443.77
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $447.75
BCBS PPO $463.64
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $463.64
Cigna AllOther $494.11
Prominence Health Plan HIX $529.88
BCBS Traditional $588.16
City of McKinney COMM $596.11
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $649.10
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $662.35
Aetna ASA $698.11
Humana COMM $702.99
Cigna Lifesource COMM $728.58
Aetna WCOMP $728.58
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $728.58
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $728.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $728.58
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $741.83
Averde Health, Inc PPO $768.32
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $780.24
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $780.24
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $887.54
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $927.28
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $927.28
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $927.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $940.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $993.52
USA Managed Care COMM $1,059.75
USC Health Services COMM $1,059.75
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,125.99
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,178.97
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,324.69
Unicare MCD $1,324.69
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,324.69
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Abd/low ext cath addl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,680.49 $476.14 – $2,380.69
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $3,699.15 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $702.99 – $702.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,020.60 $71.00 – $1,530.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,020.60 $71.00 – $1,275.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,680.49 $448.13 – $2,380.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,020.60 $85.00 – $1,530.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,020.60 $527.31 – $1,530.90

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