(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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.

$2.06 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $38.15 with Humana — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.06
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $2.84
United STARPLUS $2.88
United STARPerinate $2.88
Amerigroup CHIP $2.88
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.88
United CHIP $2.88
United STAR $2.88
United STARKids $2.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.02
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.11
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.11
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.17
Molina MCDSTAR $3.17
Molina CHIP $3.17
Molina STARKIDS $3.17
WellMed MGMCR $3.41
Devoted Health MME $3.43
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $3.43
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.43
Humana MGMCR $3.43
United SmallGroup $3.43
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.43
BCBS MCRPPO $3.43
Devoted Health HMO $3.43
Devoted Health PPO $3.43
Devoted Health POS $3.43
Devoted Health MCR $3.43
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.43
United AllPayerAppendix $3.43
Devoted Health SNP $3.43
United MGMCR $3.45
Care N Care MGMCR $3.46
Aetna MCR $3.46
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.50
Integranet MGMCR $3.53
WellCare MGMCR $3.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.60
Humana MGMCD $3.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.60
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.60
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.60
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.64
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.64
Humana Tricare $3.70
Molina MME $3.74
Molina MMP $3.74
Molina MCR $3.74
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.77
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.81
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.12
Aetna QHPHIX $4.37
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.46
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.15
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.15
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.15
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.15
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.15
BCBS BluePremier $5.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.00
Aetna NewBusiness $6.02
Superior ValueHMO $6.14
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $6.24
Aetna COMM $6.41
Aetna Meritain $6.41
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.52
BCBS EPOSOA $6.55
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.79
BCBS PPO $6.86
Aetna OON $7.54
Superior HMO $7.68
Superior EPO $7.68
Oscar HIX $8.92
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.99
Cigna LocalPlus $12.92
Cigna NewBusiness $12.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14.43
Cigna HMO $14.43
Cigna NetworkBenefit $14.43
Cigna AllOther $18.26
Humana COMM $38.15
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.71 $2.88 – $57.14
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $2.88 – $6.76
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $3.43 – $8.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $30.20 $5.03 – $45.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $30.20 $2.88 – $37.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.71 $2.88 – $57.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $30.20 $3.08 – $45.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $30.20 $2.88 – $45.30

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