Assay of urine sulfate 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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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.

$3.29 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $52.73 with Humana — 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 $3.29
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.29
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $4.54
United STARPLUS $4.61
United STARPerinate $4.61
Amerigroup CHIP $4.61
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.61
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.61
United CHIP $4.61
United STAR $4.61
United STARKids $4.61
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.98
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.98
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.07
Molina MCDSTAR $5.07
Molina CHIP $5.07
Molina STARKIDS $5.07
WellMed MGMCR $5.46
Devoted Health MME $5.49
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $5.49
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.49
Humana MGMCR $5.49
United SmallGroup $5.49
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.49
BCBS MCRPPO $5.49
Devoted Health HMO $5.49
Devoted Health PPO $5.49
Devoted Health POS $5.49
Devoted Health MCR $5.49
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.49
United AllPayerAppendix $5.49
Devoted Health SNP $5.49
United MGMCR $5.52
Care N Care MGMCR $5.54
Aetna MCR $5.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.60
Integranet MGMCR $5.65
WellCare MGMCR $5.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.76
Humana MGMCD $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.76
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.76
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.76
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.82
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.82
Humana Tricare $5.92
Molina MME $5.98
Molina MMP $5.98
Molina MCR $5.98
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.59
Aetna QHPHIX $6.97
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.23
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.23
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.23
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.23
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.23
BCBS BluePremier $8.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.61
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.61
Aetna NewBusiness $9.61
Superior ValueHMO $9.83
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $9.99
Aetna COMM $10.23
Aetna Meritain $10.23
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.43
BCBS EPOSOA $10.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.87
BCBS PPO $10.98
Aetna OON $12.04
Superior HMO $12.30
Superior EPO $12.30
Oscar HIX $14.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.38
Cigna LocalPlus $20.66
Cigna NewBusiness $20.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.07
Cigna HMO $23.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $23.07
Cigna AllOther $29.20
Humana COMM $52.73
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $40.73 $4.61 – $50.91
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $4.61 – $9.33
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $5.49 – $14.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $45.67 $8.05 – $68.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $44.62 $4.61 – $55.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $40.73 $4.61 – $50.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $45.67 $4.93 – $68.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $45.67 $4.61 – $68.51

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