Cefotaxime sodium injection 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.

$1.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $85.52 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.52
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.52
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.52
Optum Health MCD $2.39
Cigna IFP $2.93
Cigna QHP $3.04
Aetna QHPHIX $3.54
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $4.34
United OptionsPPO $4.67
Aetna NewBusiness $5.16
Unicare CHIP $5.21
Aetna Meritain $5.56
Aetna COMM $5.56
BCBS BluePremier $5.78
Aetna OON $6.51
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.14
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.14
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7.33
Prominence Health Plan HIX $8.68
BCBS Traditional $9.63
City of McKinney COMM $9.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.45
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $10.63
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10.85
Humana COMM $10.95
BCBS EPOSOA $10.97
Aetna ASA $11.44
BCBS PPO $11.49
Cigna Lifesource COMM $11.94
Aetna WCOMP $11.94
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11.94
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11.94
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11.94
United AllPayerAppendix $12.13
United SmallGroup $12.13
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.13
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $12.15
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12.59
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $12.78
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $12.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $14.54
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $15.19
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $15.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15.41
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $16.27
USC Health Services COMM $17.36
USA Managed Care COMM $17.36
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18.45
Optum Health (URN) COMM $19.31
Independent Medical Systems COMM $21.70
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $21.70
Unicare MCD $21.70
Cigna LocalPlus $60.51
Cigna NewBusiness $60.57
Cigna HMO $67.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.60
Cigna NetworkBenefit $67.60
Cigna AllOther $85.52

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Cefotaxime sodium injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $12.32 $2.70 – $2.70
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $10.95 – $10.95
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $207.01 $4.06 – $24.20
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $22.14 $1.86 – $60.85
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $190.88 $4.43 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $22.14 $2.26 – $60.85
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $22.14 $2.26 – $60.85
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $22.14 $2.26 – $60.85

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