Bundled special stain group 2 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

$1,240.79

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.

$1,240.79

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.

$33.84 with United vs $1,240.79 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $50.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $60.84 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $60.84 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $63.85 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $66.86 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $86.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $86.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $86.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $86.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $86.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $91.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $126.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $134.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $134.20 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $136.49 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $157.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $167.51 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $173.71 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $248.16 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $258.08 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $266.77 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalPlus $269.62 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $269.89 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $297.79 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $301.15 ↓ -76%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $301.15 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $301.15 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $303.99 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $316.40 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $320.12 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $381.14 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $419.39 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $434.28 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $496.32 ↓ -60%
Humana COMM $500.94 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $550.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $558.36 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $558.36 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $607.99 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $620.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $653.90 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $682.43 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $682.43 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $682.43 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $682.43 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $682.43 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $694.84 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $719.66 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $730.83 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $730.83 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $831.33 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $868.55 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $868.55 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $868.55 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $880.96 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $930.59 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $992.63 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $992.63 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,054.67 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,104.30 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,240.79 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,240.79 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,240.79 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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