Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$913.25

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.

$913.25

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.

$4.67 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $913.25 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.67 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $4.67 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $6.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.54 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $6.54 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $6.54 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $6.54 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.54 ↓ -99%
United STAR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.54 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $6.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.06 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $7.19 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $7.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $7.78 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $7.78 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.78 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $7.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $7.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $7.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $7.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.78 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $7.78 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.78 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $7.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.85 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $7.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.94 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $8.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $8.01 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.17 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.17 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $8.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.25 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.25 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $8.38 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $8.48 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $8.48 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $8.48 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.56 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.64 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $9.90 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $11.67 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $11.67 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $11.67 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $11.67 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $11.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $11.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.62 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.64 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $13.93 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $14.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $14.52 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $14.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $14.86 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $15.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $17.09 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $17.43 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $17.43 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $20.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.38 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $29.68 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $29.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $33.15 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.15 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $33.15 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $41.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $63.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $63.93 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $70.01 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $100.46 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $123.29 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $127.86 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $182.65 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $196.35 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $219.18 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $223.75 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $232.88 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $235.62 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $308.68 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $319.64 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $365.30 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $405.48 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $410.96 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $410.96 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $447.49 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $456.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $481.28 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $502.29 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $502.29 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $502.29 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $502.29 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $502.29 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $511.42 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $529.68 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $537.90 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $537.90 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $611.88 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $639.27 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $639.27 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $639.27 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $648.41 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $684.94 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $730.60 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $730.60 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $776.26 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $812.79 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $913.25 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $913.25 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $913.25 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $61.52 $6.08 – $18.67
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $105.90 $6.54 – $21.17
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $7.78 – $20.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.98 $2.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.98 $7.00 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.98 $6.54 – $18.67

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