Assess cyst contrast inject 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.

$120.35 with Cigna 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
Cigna IFP $120.35
Cigna QHP $124.81
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $169.38
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $178.30
United OptionsPPO $191.67
Unicare CHIP $213.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $220.20
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $220.20
Cigna NewBusiness $235.35
Cigna LocalPlus $235.35
BCBS BluePremier $260.32
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $262.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $262.99
Cigna HMO $262.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $284.39
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $284.39
BCBS EPOSOA $298.65
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $312.02
BCBS PPO $312.02
Cigna AllOther $332.53
Prominence Health Plan HIX $356.60
BCBS Traditional $395.82
City of McKinney COMM $401.17
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $445.75
Aetna ASA $469.82
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $490.32
Aetna WCOMP $490.32
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $490.32
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $490.32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $499.23
Averde Health, Inc PPO $517.06
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $525.09
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $525.09
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $624.04
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $624.04
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $624.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $632.96
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $668.62
USA Managed Care COMM $713.19
Humana COMM $736.76
Galaxy Health Network PPO $757.77
Unicare MCD $891.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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