Budesonide non-comp unit 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.

$1.15 with Humana vs $88.20 with Unicare — 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
Humana Tricare $1.15
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.19
United AllPayerAppendix $1.73
United SmallGroup $1.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.17
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.17
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $6.17
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $6.17
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.17
Cigna NewBusiness $7.75
Cigna LocalPlus $7.75
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8.65
Cigna HMO $8.65
Optum Health MCD $9.70
Cigna AllOther $10.95
Cigna IFP $11.91
Cigna QHP $12.35
Aetna QHPHIX $14.38
BCBS BluePremier $15.74
Humana COMM $16.17
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $17.64
United OptionsPPO $18.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.46
Aetna NewBusiness $20.99
Unicare CHIP $21.17
Aetna Meritain $22.58
Aetna COMM $22.58
Aetna OON $26.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.48
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.48
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $29.81
BCBS EPOSOA $29.89
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $30.87
BCBS PPO $31.30
Prominence Health Plan HIX $35.28
BCBS Traditional $39.16
City of McKinney COMM $39.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $43.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $44.10
Aetna ASA $46.48
Cigna Lifesource COMM $48.51
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $48.51
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $48.51
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $48.51
Aetna WCOMP $48.51
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $49.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $51.16
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $51.95
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $51.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $59.09
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $61.74
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $61.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $62.62
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $66.15
USC Health Services COMM $70.56
USA Managed Care COMM $70.56
Galaxy Health Network PPO $74.97
Optum Health (URN) COMM $78.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $88.20
Independent Medical Systems COMM $88.20
Unicare MCD $88.20

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS $31.36 $1.19 – $16.17
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $22.52
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $67.60 $1.19 – $22.01
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $29.28
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $84.45 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $38.63 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $73.03 not published
MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle $109.79 $1.15 – $19.46

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