Breath test analysis c-14 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.

$56.65 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $403.13 with BCBS — 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 $56.65
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $56.65
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $78.11
United STAR $79.30
United CHIP $79.30
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $79.30
Amerigroup MGMCD $79.30
Amerigroup CHIP $79.30
United STARPerinate $79.30
United STARPLUS $79.30
United STARKids $79.30
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $83.27
Aetna Better Health CHIP $85.64
Aetna Better Health MCD $85.64
Molina CHIP $87.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $87.23
Molina STARKIDS $87.23
Molina MCDSTAR $87.23
WellMed MGMCR $93.94
Humana MGMCR $94.41
Devoted Health SNP $94.41
Devoted Health HMO $94.41
Devoted Health POS $94.41
Devoted Health MCR $94.41
Devoted Health MME $94.41
Devoted Health PPO $94.41
Amerigroup DualEligible $94.41
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $94.41
BCBS MCRPPO $94.41
BCBS MGMCRHMO $94.41
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $94.41
United MGMCR $94.88
Aetna MCR $95.21
Care N Care MGMCR $95.35
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $96.30
WellCare MGMCR $97.24
Integranet MGMCR $97.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $99.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $99.13
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $99.13
ProCare Advantge MCR $99.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $99.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $99.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $99.13
Humana MGMCD $99.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $99.13
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $100.07
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $100.07
Humana Tricare $101.73
Molina MME $102.91
Molina MCR $102.91
Molina MMP $102.91
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $103.85
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $104.88
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $113.29
BCBS BluePremier $122.73
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $122.73
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $123.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $123.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $127.45
United SmallGroup $127.45
Bravo Health MCRSNP $141.62
Bravo Health MCRPOS $141.62
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $141.62
Bravo Health MCRHMO $141.62
Bravo Health MCRPPO $141.62
Aetna QHPHIX $145.02
Superior ValueHMO $168.99
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $179.38
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $186.93
Aetna NewBusiness $198.84
Superior EPO $211.48
Superior HMO $211.48
United AllPayerAppendix $212.42
Aetna COMM $213.00
Aetna Meritain $213.00
Oscar HIX $245.47
Molina Healthcare HIX $247.35
Aetna OON $249.83
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $367.25
BCBS BlueEssentials $367.25
BCBS EPOSOA $385.19
Humana COMM $398.22
BCBS PPO $403.13

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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $197.34 $79.30 – $246.68
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $79.30 – $132.19
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $94.41 – $247.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $401.25 $82.59 – $601.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $421.31 $79.30 – $526.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $197.34 $79.30 – $246.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $401.25 $84.85 – $601.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $401.25 $79.30 – $601.88

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