Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$85.75

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.

$85.75

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.

$0.04 with Humana vs $85.75 with Unicare — 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
Humana Tricare $0.04 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.04 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.18 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $0.20 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.20 ↓ -100%
Humana COMM $0.21 ↓ -100%
Cigna AllOther $0.26 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $0.33 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.41 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.41 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $0.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $6.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $6.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.00 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $9.43 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $11.58 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $12.01 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $13.98 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $17.15 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $18.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.41 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $20.58 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $21.95 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $21.95 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $25.73 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $28.98 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $30.01 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $34.30 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $38.07 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $38.59 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $42.02 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $42.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $45.19 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $47.16 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $47.16 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $47.16 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $47.16 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $47.16 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $48.02 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $49.73 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $50.51 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $50.51 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $57.45 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $60.02 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $60.02 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $60.88 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $64.31 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $68.60 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $68.60 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $72.89 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $76.32 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $85.75 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $85.75 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $85.75 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $129.00 $0.02 – $61.62
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