Assay of lap enzyme 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

$311.41

Cash price

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$311.41

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.

$5.89 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $311.41 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 $5.89 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $5.89 ↓ -98%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $8.12 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $8.24 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.24 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.24 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $8.24 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $8.24 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $8.24 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $8.24 ↓ -97%
United STAR $8.24 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.65 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.90 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $9.06 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $9.06 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $9.06 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $9.06 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $9.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $9.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $9.81 ↓ -97%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $9.81 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $9.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $9.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $9.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $9.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $9.81 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.81 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.81 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $9.81 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.81 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.81 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $9.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $9.89 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.91 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.01 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $10.10 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $10.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $10.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $10.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $10.30 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $10.30 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $10.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $10.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $10.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $10.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $10.30 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.40 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.40 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $10.57 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $10.69 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $10.69 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $10.69 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.79 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.90 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.77 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $12.49 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.75 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.71 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.71 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.71 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $14.91 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $17.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.20 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $17.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.85 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.85 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $18.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $18.32 ↓ -94%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $18.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.74 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.42 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $19.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $21.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $21.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $21.80 ↓ -93%
Superior HMO $21.97 ↓ -93%
Superior EPO $21.97 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $25.51 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.70 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $34.26 ↓ -89%
Cigna LocalPlus $37.46 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $37.50 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $41.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $42.04 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $43.60 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $52.96 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $62.28 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $66.95 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $74.74 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $76.30 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $79.41 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $80.34 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $101.77 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $105.26 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $108.99 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $124.56 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $138.27 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $140.13 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $140.13 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $152.59 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $155.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $164.11 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $171.28 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $171.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $171.28 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $171.28 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $171.28 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $174.39 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $180.62 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $183.42 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $183.42 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $208.64 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $217.99 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $217.99 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $217.99 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $221.10 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $233.56 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $249.13 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $249.13 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $264.70 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $277.15 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $311.41 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $311.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $311.41 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay of lap enzyme at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $82.20 $8.24 – $102.75
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $8.24 – $17.98
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $9.81 – $25.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $85.79 $12.00 – $128.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $85.79 $8.24 – $107.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $82.20 $8.24 – $102.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $85.79 $8.82 – $128.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $85.79 $8.00 – $128.69

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