Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$308.29

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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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$308.29

Gross charge

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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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$6.64 with Humana vs $308.29 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
Humana Tricare $6.64 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.85 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.40 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $11.40 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.40 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $15.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $21.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $21.58 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $27.93 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $27.93 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $29.31 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $30.69 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $33.91 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $41.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $41.69 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $41.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $43.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $46.58 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.58 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $46.58 ↓ -85%
Humana COMM $49.58 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $50.25 ↓ -84%
Cigna AllOther $58.92 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $61.66 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $66.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $73.37 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $73.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $78.92 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $78.92 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $92.49 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $104.20 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $107.90 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $123.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $136.88 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $138.73 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $151.06 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $154.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $162.47 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $169.56 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $169.56 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $169.56 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $169.56 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $169.56 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $172.64 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $178.81 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $181.58 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $181.58 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $206.55 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $215.80 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $215.80 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $218.89 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $231.22 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $246.63 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $246.63 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $262.05 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $274.38 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $308.29 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $308.29 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $308.29 ↑ +0%

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