Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$822.90

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.

$822.90

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.

$11.38 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $822.90 with Unicare — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $11.38 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $11.38 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $15.69 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $15.93 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.93 ↓ -98%
United STAR $15.93 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $15.93 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $15.93 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.93 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.93 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $15.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $17.20 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $17.52 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $17.52 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $17.52 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.52 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $18.87 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $18.96 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $18.96 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $18.96 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $18.96 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $18.96 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $18.96 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $18.96 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.96 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.96 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $18.96 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $19.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $19.12 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $19.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $19.34 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.91 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.91 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.91 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $20.10 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $20.10 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $20.43 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $20.67 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $20.67 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $20.67 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.86 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.06 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.75 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $24.13 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.65 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $28.44 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $28.44 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $28.44 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $28.44 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $28.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $28.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $33.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $33.23 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $33.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $34.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $34.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $35.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $35.39 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $36.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $36.21 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $37.54 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $37.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $41.65 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $42.47 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $42.47 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $49.30 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $49.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $57.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $72.32 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $72.39 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $80.77 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.77 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $80.77 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $90.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna AllOther $102.23 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $111.09 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $115.21 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $164.58 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $176.92 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $197.50 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $201.61 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $209.84 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $210.65 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $212.31 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $278.14 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $288.01 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $329.16 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $365.37 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $370.31 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $370.31 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $403.22 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $411.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $433.67 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $452.60 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $452.60 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $452.60 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $452.60 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $452.60 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $460.82 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $477.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $484.69 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $484.69 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $551.34 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $576.03 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $576.03 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $576.03 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $584.26 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $617.17 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $658.32 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $658.32 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $699.47 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $732.38 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $822.90 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $822.90 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $822.90 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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