Blood, l/r, irradiated at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
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Cash price 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 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.
$248.87 with Aetna vs $7,302.66 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | QHPHIX | $248.87 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $342.78 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $365.08 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $365.08 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $429.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $511.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $511.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $511.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $511.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $511.19 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $803.29 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $985.86 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,022.37 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,110.54 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $1,460.53 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,518.95 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,570.07 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,752.64 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,789.15 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,803.76 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,803.76 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $1,862.18 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,884.09 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,927.90 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,927.90 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,132.38 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,154.28 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,154.28 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,154.28 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,329.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,329.55 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,446.39 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,468.30 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $2,555.93 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,555.93 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,723.89 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,921.06 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,921.06 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,242.38 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,286.20 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,286.20 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $3,578.30 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,651.33 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,848.50 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $4,016.46 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,016.46 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,016.46 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,016.46 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,016.46 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $4,089.49 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,235.54 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,301.27 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,301.27 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $4,892.78 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $5,111.86 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,111.86 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,111.86 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,184.89 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,476.99 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,842.13 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,842.13 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,207.26 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $6,499.37 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,302.66 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,302.66 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,302.66 | — |
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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,110.54 – $1,110.54 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $1,399.63 | $84.55 – $721.91 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $982.75 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $123.10 – $136.32 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $68.00 – $136.32 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $122.58 | $123.10 – $136.32 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $238.35 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $123.10 – $123.10 |