Bundle his recording 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

$35,941.75

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.

$35,941.75

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.

$3,953.59 with Optum Health vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
Optum Health MCD $3,953.59 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $4,852.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $5,031.85 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5,591.00 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5,591.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $5,858.51 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $7,188.35 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $7,727.48 ↓ -78%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $8,300.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna NewBusiness $8,554.14 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $8,626.02 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,877.61 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8,877.61 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $9,201.09 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $9,201.09 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $9,488.62 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $9,488.62 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $10,602.82 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,602.82 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $10,602.82 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $10,782.52 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11,465.42 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $11,465.42 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $12,040.49 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $12,148.31 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $12,579.61 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $12,579.61 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $13,406.27 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $14,376.70 ↓ -60%
BCBS BluePremier $15,243.99 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $15,958.14 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $16,173.79 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $17,611.46 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $17,970.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $18,941.30 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $19,767.96 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $19,767.96 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $19,767.96 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $19,767.96 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $19,767.96 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $20,127.38 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $20,846.22 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $21,169.69 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $21,169.69 ↓ -41%
United SmallGroup $24,000.00 ↓ -33%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $24,080.97 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $25,159.22 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $25,159.22 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $25,159.22 ↓ -30%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25,253.00 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $25,518.64 ↓ -29%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $25,737.00 ↓ -28%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26,766.00 ↓ -26%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $26,956.31 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $27,514.00 ↓ -23%
USC Health Services COMM $28,753.40 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $28,753.40 ↓ -20%
Oscar HIX $29,429.00 ↓ -18%
Evry Health COMM $29,597.00 ↓ -18%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $30,550.49 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $31,988.16 ↓ -11%
United AllPayerAppendix $33,939.00 ↓ -6%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $35,941.75 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $35,941.75 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $35,941.75 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +22%

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