Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) 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.

$46.35 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $46.35
United STARPLUS $47.06
United STARKids $47.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $47.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $47.06
United STAR $47.06
United STARPerinate $47.06
United CHIP $47.06
Amerigroup CHIP $49.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $49.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $49.41
Molina STAR+PLUS $51.77
Molina STARKIDS $51.77
Molina MCDSTAR $51.77
Molina CHIP $51.77
Aetna Better Health CHIP $56.47
Aetna Better Health MCD $56.47
Humana MGMCD $58.83
BCBS BluePremier $64.74
Humana COMM $149.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $215.63
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $215.63
BCBS BlueEssentials $277.39
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $277.39
BCBS EPOSOA $291.33
BCBS PPO $304.78
WellMed MGMCR $929.87
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,170.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,796.00
United SmallGroup $1,833.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,187.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,190.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,444.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,444.00
Cigna HMO $2,444.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna AllOther $3,092.00
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

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Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,723.48 $47.06 – $2,154.35
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $47.06 – $50.82
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $149.80 – $149.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,881.65 $50.35 – $2,822.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,550.78 $47.06 – $1,991.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,723.48 $47.06 – $2,154.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,881.65 $50.35 – $2,822.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,881.65 $47.06 – $2,822.48

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