Assay of neonatal thyroxine 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

$1,061.70

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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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$1,061.70

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.

$3.88 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,061.70 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 $3.88 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.88 ↓ -100%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $5.35 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.43 ↓ -99%
United STAR $5.43 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $5.43 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.43 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $5.43 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $5.43 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $5.43 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $5.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.70 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.86 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $5.97 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.97 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $5.97 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.97 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.44 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $6.47 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $6.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.47 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.47 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $6.47 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $6.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.52 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $6.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $6.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $6.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.79 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.79 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.79 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.86 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.86 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $6.97 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $7.05 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $7.05 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $7.05 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $7.12 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.19 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $8.23 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.41 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $9.71 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $9.71 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $9.71 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $9.71 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $9.71 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $9.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.32 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.32 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.33 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $11.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.78 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $12.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $12.07 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $12.29 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.36 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $12.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $14.20 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $14.49 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $14.49 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $16.82 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $24.55 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $24.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $27.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $27.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $27.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $34.70 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $71.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.32 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $116.79 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $143.33 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $148.64 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $212.34 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $228.27 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $254.81 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $260.12 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $270.73 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $273.92 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $358.85 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $371.60 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $424.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $471.39 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $477.76 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $477.76 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $520.23 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $530.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $559.52 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $583.93 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $583.93 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $583.93 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $583.93 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $583.93 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $594.55 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $615.79 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $625.34 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $625.34 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $711.34 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $743.19 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $743.19 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $743.19 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $753.81 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $796.27 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $849.36 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $849.36 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $902.45 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $944.91 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,061.70 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,061.70 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,061.70 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $13.33 $5.43 – $16.66
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $5.43 – $12.70
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $6.47 – $16.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13.33 $5.43 – $16.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $13.33 $5.43 – $16.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $13.33 $5.43 – $16.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $13.33 $5.43 – $16.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $13.33 $5.43 – $16.66

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