Analgesics non-opioid 6/more 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

$1,287.59

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.

$1,287.59

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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $1,287.59 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
Aetna QHPHIX $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna Meritain $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna OON $0.04 ↓ -100%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $6.75 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $6.85 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $6.85 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $6.85 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $6.85 ↓ -99%
United STAR $6.85 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $6.85 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $6.85 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.85 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.85 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.19 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.40 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.54 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.54 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $7.54 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $7.54 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $8.56 ↓ -99%
Humana COMM $69.92 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $90.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $90.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $90.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $90.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $90.13 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $141.63 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $173.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $180.26 ↓ -86%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $244.64 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $257.52 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $267.82 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $276.83 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $309.02 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $315.46 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $318.03 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $318.03 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $328.34 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $332.20 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $339.92 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $339.92 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $375.98 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $379.84 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $379.84 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $379.84 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $410.74 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $410.74 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $431.34 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $435.21 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $450.66 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $450.66 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $480.27 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $515.04 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $571.69 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $579.42 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $579.42 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $630.92 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $643.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $678.56 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $708.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $708.17 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $708.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $708.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $708.17 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $721.05 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $746.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $758.39 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $758.39 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $862.69 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $901.31 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $901.31 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $901.31 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $914.19 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $965.69 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,030.07 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,030.07 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,094.45 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,145.96 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $1,287.59 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,287.59 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,287.59 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Analgesics non-opioid 6/more at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $6.85 – $7.40
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3.68 $2.68 – $21.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $3.68 $6.85 – $21.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $3.68 $7.62 – $23.31
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $3.68 $4.62 – $21.00
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $6.85 – $8.56
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $0.05 – $8.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.05 – $8.56

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