Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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.

$10.06 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $387.26 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $10.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $10.06
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $13.88
United STARPLUS $14.09
United STARPerinate $14.09
United STAR $14.09
Amerigroup CHIP $14.09
United CHIP $14.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.09
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.09
United STARKids $14.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.79
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.22
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.22
Molina STARKIDS $15.50
Molina CHIP $15.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.50
Molina MCDSTAR $15.50
WellMed MGMCR $16.69
BCBS MCRPPO $16.77
Humana MGMCR $16.77
Devoted Health PPO $16.77
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.77
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.77
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $16.77
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.77
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.77
Devoted Health POS $16.77
Devoted Health MCR $16.77
Devoted Health MME $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
United SmallGroup $16.77
Devoted Health SNP $16.77
Devoted Health HMO $16.77
United MGMCR $16.85
Aetna MCR $16.91
Care N Care MGMCR $16.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.11
WellCare MGMCR $17.27
Integranet MGMCR $17.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.61
Humana MGMCD $17.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.61
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.61
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.61
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.78
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.78
Humana Tricare $18.07
Molina MMP $18.28
Molina MCR $18.28
Molina MME $18.28
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.63
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.12
Aetna QHPHIX $21.33
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.80
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.16
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.16
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.16
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.16
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.16
BCBS BluePremier $25.49
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.11
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.11
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.11
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.35
Aetna NewBusiness $29.38
Superior ValueHMO $30.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.52
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.52
Aetna COMM $31.29
Aetna Meritain $31.29
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.86
BCBS EPOSOA $32.03
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.20
BCBS PPO $33.54
Aetna OON $36.82
Superior HMO $37.56
Superior EPO $37.56
Optum Health MCD $42.60
Oscar HIX $43.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.94
Cigna IFP $52.28
Cigna QHP $54.22
Cigna LocalPlus $63.25
Cigna NewBusiness $63.32
Cigna HMO $70.65
Cigna NetworkBenefit $70.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.65
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $77.45
United OptionsPPO $83.26
Cigna AllOther $89.42
Unicare CHIP $92.94
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.88
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $98.75
Evry Health COMM $99.91
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $130.89
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $135.54
Prominence Health Plan HIX $154.90
BCBS Traditional $171.94
City of McKinney COMM $174.27
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $174.27
Humana COMM $186.35
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $189.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $193.63
Aetna ASA $204.09
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $212.99
Aetna WCOMP $212.99
Cigna Lifesource COMM $212.99
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $212.99
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $212.99
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $216.87
Averde Health, Inc PPO $224.61
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $228.10
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $228.10
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $259.46
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $271.08
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $271.08
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $271.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $274.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $290.44
USA Managed Care COMM $309.81
USC Health Services COMM $309.81
Galaxy Health Network PPO $329.17
Optum Health (URN) COMM $344.66
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $387.26
Independent Medical Systems COMM $387.26
Unicare MCD $387.26
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $252.87 $10.00 – $180.56
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $159.75 $14.09 – $69.59
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