Application of paste boot 29580 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

$883.07

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.

$883.07

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.

$32.62 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $32.62 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $33.12 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $33.12 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $33.12 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $33.12 ↓ -96%
United STAR $33.12 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.12 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.12 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.12 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $34.78 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.78 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.78 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $36.43 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $36.43 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.43 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $36.43 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.74 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $41.40 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $54.89 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCD $97.14 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $119.21 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $123.63 ↓ -86%
WellMed MGMCR $164.06 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $176.61 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $182.81 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $182.81 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $189.86 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $211.94 ↓ -76%
Humana COMM $222.19 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $235.17 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $235.17 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $246.99 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $258.39 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $298.48 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $353.23 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $392.08 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $397.38 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $432.70 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $441.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $465.38 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $485.69 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $485.69 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $485.69 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $485.69 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $485.69 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $494.52 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $512.18 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $520.13 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $520.13 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $591.66 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $618.15 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $618.15 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $618.15 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $626.98 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $662.30 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $706.46 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $706.46 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $750.61 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $785.93 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $883.07 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $883.07 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $883.07 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00 ↑ +7%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↑ +7%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↑ +7%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↑ +7%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00 ↑ +7%
United SmallGroup $1,454.00 ↑ +65%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00 ↑ +78%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00 ↑ +78%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↑ +89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna HMO $1,757.00 ↑ +99%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↑ +126%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↑ +134%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↑ +146%
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00 ↑ +152%
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↑ +185%
Oscar HIX $2,636.00 ↑ +199%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +290%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +317%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +317%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +391%

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