Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$210.10
Cash price 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.
$210.10
Gross charge 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.
$14.71 with Superior Health Plan vs $364.05 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $14.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $14.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $14.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $14.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $14.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $23.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $28.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $29.41 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $34.25 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $42.02 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $43.70 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $45.17 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $50.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $50.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $51.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $53.79 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $53.79 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $54.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $55.47 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $55.47 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $61.98 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $61.98 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $61.98 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $63.03 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $71.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $78.37 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $78.89 | ↓ -62% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $84.04 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $84.04 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $91.93 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $91.93 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $93.28 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $94.55 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $94.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $102.95 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $105.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $110.72 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $115.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $115.56 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $115.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $115.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $115.56 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $117.66 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $121.86 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $123.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $123.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $140.77 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $147.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $147.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $147.07 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $149.17 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $157.57 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $162.80 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $162.80 | ↓ -23% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $168.08 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $168.08 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $170.83 | ↓ -19% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $178.59 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | PPO | $178.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $186.99 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $210.10 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $210.10 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $210.10 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | COMM | $364.05 | ↑ +73% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $237.16 | $35.64 – $296.44 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $61.50 | $45.40 – $45.40 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $364.05 – $364.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $185.68 | $38.22 – $278.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $180.79 | $35.64 – $225.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $237.16 | $35.64 – $296.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $185.68 | $35.64 – $278.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $185.68 | $95.94 – $278.52 |