Bronchoscopy bronch stents 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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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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $13,437.69 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $2,424.80
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2,461.73
United CHIP $2,461.73
United STAR $2,461.73
United STARKids $2,461.73
United STARPLUS $2,461.73
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2,461.73
United STARPerinate $2,461.73
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2,461.73
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,584.82
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,584.82
Amerigroup CHIP $2,584.82
Cigna LocalPlus $2,700.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,702.00
Molina CHIP $2,707.90
Molina MCDSTAR $2,707.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $2,707.90
Molina STARKIDS $2,707.90
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2,954.08
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,954.08
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,016.00
Cigna HMO $3,016.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,016.00
Humana MGMCD $3,077.16
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Cigna AllOther $3,816.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,972.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $4,926.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $5,264.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
BCBS BluePremier $7,072.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,083.00
WellMed MGMCR $7,125.07
Oscar HIX $7,168.00
United SmallGroup $8,556.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10,771.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,771.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12,240.81
BCBS BlueEssentials $12,240.81
United AllPayerAppendix $12,360.00
BCBS EPOSOA $12,839.25
BCBS PPO $13,437.69

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Bronchoscopy bronch stents at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $2,416.00 – $16,955.09
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $2,461.73 – $2,658.67
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $5,183.70 $2,461.73 – $2,707.90
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $5,183.70 $2,461.73 – $2,707.90
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $5,183.70 $2,461.73 – $2,658.67
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $5,183.70 $2,461.73 – $2,707.90
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $5,183.70 $2,461.73 – $2,707.90
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands $1,563.50 $2,214.47 – $14,179.24

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