Bld prd mix 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.

$26.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $375.35 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $26.27
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $26.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.27
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.27
Optum Health MCD $41.29
Aetna QHPHIX $42.91
Cigna IFP $50.67
Cigna QHP $52.55
Aetna NewBusiness $59.10
Aetna COMM $62.95
Aetna Meritain $62.95
Aetna OON $74.08
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $75.07
Oscar HIX $78.07
United OptionsPPO $80.70
Unicare CHIP $90.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $91.96
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $95.71
Evry Health COMM $96.84
Humana COMM $116.32
Cigna LocalPlus $121.37
Cigna NewBusiness $121.49
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $126.87
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $131.37
Cigna HMO $135.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $135.56
Cigna NetworkBenefit $135.56
United SmallGroup $149.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
Prominence Health Plan HIX $150.14
BCBS Traditional $166.66
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $168.91
City of McKinney COMM $168.91
Cigna AllOther $171.57
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $183.92
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $187.68
Aetna ASA $197.81
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $206.44
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $206.44
Cigna Lifesource COMM $206.44
Aetna WCOMP $206.44
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $206.44
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $210.20
Averde Health, Inc PPO $217.70
BCBS BluePremier $218.12
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $221.08
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $221.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $251.48
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $261.17
BCBS BlueEssentials $261.17
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $262.75
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $262.75
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $262.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $266.50
BCBS EPOSOA $274.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $281.51
BCBS PPO $287.00
USA Managed Care COMM $300.28
USC Health Services COMM $300.28
Galaxy Health Network PPO $319.05
Optum Health (URN) COMM $334.06
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $375.35
Unicare MCD $375.35
Independent Medical Systems COMM $375.35
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Bld prd mix at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $139.21 $10.00 – $423.12
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $140.40 $29.63 – $159.57
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $291.72 – $291.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.37 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.37 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $139.21 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.37 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $117.37 $8.00 – $423.12

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