Bypass temp external fem-fem 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.

$633.31 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 $633.31
BCBS BluePremier $819.66
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,248.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,248.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,418.65
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,418.65
Optum Health MCD $1,446.85
BCBS EPOSOA $1,488.00
BCBS PPO $1,557.36
Cigna IFP $1,775.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,796.00
United SmallGroup $1,833.00
Cigna QHP $1,841.45
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $2,047.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $2,630.64
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
United OptionsPPO $2,827.94
Unicare CHIP $3,156.77
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Humana COMM $4,076.17
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,445.78
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $4,603.62
Prominence Health Plan HIX $5,261.28
BCBS Traditional $5,840.02
City of McKinney COMM $5,918.94
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $6,445.06
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,576.60
Aetna ASA $6,931.73
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $7,234.25
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $7,234.25
Cigna Lifesource COMM $7,234.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $7,234.25
Aetna WCOMP $7,234.25
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $7,365.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,628.85
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $7,747.23
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $7,747.23
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $8,812.64
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $9,207.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $9,207.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $9,207.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,338.76
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9,864.89
USA Managed Care COMM $10,522.55
USC Health Services COMM $10,522.55
Galaxy Health Network PPO $11,180.21
Optum Health (URN) COMM $11,706.34
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13,153.19
Unicare MCD $13,153.19
Independent Medical Systems COMM $13,153.19
Cigna LocalPlus $18,151.00
Cigna NewBusiness $18,169.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20,280.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20,280.00
Cigna HMO $20,280.00
Cigna AllOther $25,655.00

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $17,761.46 $74.08 – $1,556.23
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $7,870.05 not published
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $15,053.73 $32.53 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $13,889.68 $52.68 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $17,761.46 $74.08 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $15,053.73 $65.85 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $15,053.73 $131.70 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $13,889.68 $52.68 – $1,556.23

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