Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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.

$4.27 with BCBS vs $79.09 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
BCBS BluePremier $4.27
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5.54
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.54
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.73
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.73
BCBS EPOSOA $8.11
Humana Tricare $8.19
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.44
BCBS PPO $8.49
Optum Health MCD $8.70
Cigna IFP $10.68
Cigna QHP $11.07
Aetna QHPHIX $12.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.96
United SmallGroup $13.96
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $15.82
United OptionsPPO $17.00
Aetna NewBusiness $18.82
Unicare CHIP $18.98
Aetna COMM $20.25
Aetna Meritain $20.25
Aetna OON $23.73
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $26.73
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $27.68
Prominence Health Plan HIX $31.64
BCBS Traditional $35.12
City of McKinney COMM $35.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $38.75
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $39.55
Aetna ASA $41.68
Cigna Lifesource COMM $43.50
Aetna WCOMP $43.50
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $43.50
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $43.50
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $43.50
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $44.29
Averde Health, Inc PPO $45.87
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $46.58
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $46.58
Humana COMM $48.14
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $52.99
Cigna LocalPlus $53.79
Cigna NewBusiness $53.85
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $55.36
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $55.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $56.15
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $59.32
Cigna HMO $60.10
Cigna NetworkBenefit $60.10
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.10
USC Health Services COMM $63.27
USA Managed Care COMM $63.27
Galaxy Health Network PPO $67.23
Optum Health (URN) COMM $70.39
Cigna AllOther $76.03
Independent Medical Systems COMM $79.09
Unicare MCD $79.09
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $79.09

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31.21 $4.70 – $23.49
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $8.44 – $48.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $31.21 $3.41 – $24.88
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $31.21 $8.57 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $31.21 $5.53 – $24.88

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