Bx perianal mass 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.

$938.87 with WellMed vs $25,655.00 with Cigna — 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
WellMed MGMCR $938.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
BCBS BluePremier $993.04
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,170.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,512.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,512.48
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,718.73
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,718.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,796.00
BCBS EPOSOA $1,802.76
United SmallGroup $1,833.00
BCBS PPO $1,886.78
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Cigna LocalPlus $18,151.00
Cigna NewBusiness $18,169.00
Cigna HMO $20,280.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20,280.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20,280.00
Cigna AllOther $25,655.00

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Bx perianal mass at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $943.21 $393.00 – $6,299.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,680.90 not published
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,658.93 $71.00 – $2,264.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,369.03 $71.00 – $2,264.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $943.21 $393.00 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,658.93 $85.00 – $2,264.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,658.93 $681.80 – $2,264.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,369.03 $71.00 – $2,264.11

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