Biopsy needle liver percutaneous 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.

$379.42 with Cigna vs $5,047.00 with United — 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 $379.42
Cigna QHP $393.47
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $479.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $486.45
United STARPLUS $486.45
United STARKids $486.45
United STAR $486.45
United CHIP $486.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $486.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $486.45
United STARPerinate $486.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $510.77
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $510.77
Amerigroup CHIP $510.77
Molina STARKIDS $535.10
Molina MCDSTAR $535.10
Molina CHIP $535.10
Molina STAR+PLUS $535.10
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $562.10
Aetna Better Health CHIP $583.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $583.74
United OptionsPPO $604.26
Humana MGMCD $608.06
Unicare CHIP $674.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $983.67
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,124.20
BCBS Traditional $1,247.86
City of McKinney COMM $1,264.72
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,405.25
Aetna ASA $1,481.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,545.78
Aetna WCOMP $1,545.78
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,545.78
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,545.78
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,573.88
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,630.09
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,655.38
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,655.38
WellMed MGMCR $1,667.42
BCBS BluePremier $1,784.38
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,967.35
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,967.35
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,995.45
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $2,047.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,107.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,187.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,190.00
USA Managed Care COMM $2,248.40
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,270.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,388.93
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,444.00
Cigna HMO $2,444.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,444.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,717.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2,717.75
Unicare MCD $2,810.50
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,838.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,088.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,088.35
Cigna AllOther $3,092.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,239.34
BCBS PPO $3,390.32
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
United SmallGroup $3,467.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Humana COMM $4,116.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,047.00

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,219.28 $486.45 – $4,016.35
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,265.25 $486.45 – $525.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,359.51 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,867.11 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,219.28 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,359.51 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,359.51 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,867.11 $71.00 – $4,300.67

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