Bronchoscopy w/markers 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.

$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 CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $1,605.67
United STARKids $1,630.12
United STAR $1,630.12
United CHIP $1,630.12
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,630.12
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,630.12
United STARPerinate $1,630.12
United STARPLUS $1,630.12
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,630.12
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,711.63
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,711.63
Amerigroup CHIP $1,711.63
Molina STARKIDS $1,793.13
Molina MCDSTAR $1,793.13
Molina CHIP $1,793.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,793.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,956.14
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,956.14
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Humana MGMCD $2,037.65
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $5,264.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
Cigna LocalPlus $6,004.00
Cigna NewBusiness $6,010.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,708.00
Cigna HMO $6,708.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,708.00
BCBS BluePremier $7,072.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,083.00
Humana COMM $7,113.00
WellMed MGMCR $7,125.07
Oscar HIX $7,168.00
Cigna AllOther $8,485.00
United SmallGroup $8,556.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10,771.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,771.91
BCBS BlueEssentials $12,240.81
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12,240.81
United AllPayerAppendix $12,360.00
BCBS EPOSOA $12,839.25
BCBS PPO $13,437.69

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Bronchoscopy w/markers at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,760.53
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $1,630.12 – $16,955.09
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,760.53
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,793.13
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,793.13
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,793.13
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,793.13
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $4,153.50 $1,630.12 – $1,760.53

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