Alprostadil for injection 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

$887.57

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.

$887.57

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.

$0.53 with BCBS vs $887.57 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 $0.53 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.66 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.66 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.79 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.79 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.79 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.96 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.96 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $1.01 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $1.05 ↓ -100%
Humana COMM $60.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $62.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $62.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.13 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $63.41 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $63.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $70.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $70.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $89.62 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $97.63 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $119.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $124.26 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $144.67 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $177.51 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $190.83 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $211.24 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $213.02 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $227.22 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $227.22 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $266.27 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $300.00 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $355.03 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $394.08 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $399.41 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $434.91 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $443.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $467.75 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $488.16 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $488.16 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $488.16 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $488.16 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $488.16 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $497.04 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $514.79 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $522.78 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $522.78 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $594.67 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $621.30 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $621.30 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $630.17 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $665.68 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $710.06 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $710.06 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $754.43 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $789.94 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $887.57 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $887.57 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $887.57 ↑ +0%

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