Cefotetan 1 gm vial at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$18.55 with BCBS vs $705.36 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.
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 |
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| BCBS | BluePremier | $18.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $22.94 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $22.94 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $33.58 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $33.58 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $35.24 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $36.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $49.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $49.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $49.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $49.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $49.38 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $74.73 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $74.80 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $82.55 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $83.49 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $83.49 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $83.49 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $95.22 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $98.75 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $105.62 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $114.97 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $141.07 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $141.07 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $141.07 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $141.07 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $151.65 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $167.88 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $169.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $176.34 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $180.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $180.57 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $211.61 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $246.88 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $282.14 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $313.18 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $317.41 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $352.68 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $387.95 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $387.95 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $387.95 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $387.95 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $395.00 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $409.11 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $415.46 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $415.46 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $493.75 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $493.75 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $500.81 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $529.02 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $564.29 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $599.56 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $705.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Cefotetan 1 gm vial at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $82.55 – $82.55 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $243.76 | $22.94 – $82.55 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $25.60 – $25.60 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $31.27 – $31.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $13.03 – $112.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $13.03 – $112.40 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $24.87 – $26.55 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $29.89 – $112.40 |