Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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.

$27.54 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 $27.54
United CHIP $27.96
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $27.96
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $27.96
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $27.96
United STARKids $27.96
United STARPerinate $27.96
United STARPLUS $27.96
United STAR $27.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.36
Amerigroup CHIP $29.36
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $29.36
Molina CHIP $30.76
Molina MCDSTAR $30.76
Molina STARKIDS $30.76
Molina STAR+PLUS $30.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $33.55
Aetna Better Health CHIP $33.55
Humana MGMCD $34.95
BCBS BluePremier $40.35
Humana COMM $94.21
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $134.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $134.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $172.89
BCBS BlueEssentials $172.89
BCBS EPOSOA $181.58
BCBS PPO $189.96
Optum Health MCD $257.37
WellMed MGMCR $309.89
Cigna IFP $315.86
Cigna QHP $327.56
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $467.95
United OptionsPPO $503.04
Unicare CHIP $561.54
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $790.83
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $818.91
Prominence Health Plan HIX $935.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
BCBS Traditional $1,038.84
City of McKinney COMM $1,052.88
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,146.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,169.87
Aetna ASA $1,233.04
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,286.86
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,286.86
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,286.86
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,286.86
Aetna WCOMP $1,286.86
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,310.25
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,357.05
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,378.11
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,378.11
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,567.63
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,637.82
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,637.82
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,637.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,661.22
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,754.80
USC Health Services COMM $1,871.79
USA Managed Care COMM $1,871.79
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,988.78
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,082.37
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,187.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,190.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Unicare MCD $2,339.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,339.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,339.74
Cigna HMO $2,444.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,444.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,444.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Cigna AllOther $3,092.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $715.37 $27.96 – $894.22
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $441.30 $27.96 – $30.20
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $94.21 – $94.21
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $658.01 $38.80 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $592.44 $29.92 – $888.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,080.06 $27.96 – $1,350.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $715.37 $27.96 – $894.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $592.44 $29.92 – $888.66

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