Chrom analysis 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

$972.95

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.

$972.95

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.

$20.89 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $972.95 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 $20.89 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $20.89 ↓ -98%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $28.80 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $29.24 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $29.24 ↓ -97%
United STAR $29.24 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $29.24 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $29.24 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.24 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $29.24 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $29.24 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.70 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.58 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $32.16 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $32.16 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $32.16 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $32.16 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $34.64 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $34.81 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $34.81 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $34.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $34.81 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $34.81 ↓ -96%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $34.81 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $34.81 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.81 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $34.81 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $34.81 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $34.81 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.81 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $34.81 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $34.81 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $34.81 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $34.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $35.11 ↓ -96%
Care N Care MGMCR $35.16 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $35.51 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $35.85 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $35.85 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $36.55 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $36.55 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $36.55 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $36.55 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $36.55 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $36.55 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $36.55 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $36.55 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $36.55 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $36.90 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $36.90 ↓ -96%
Humana Tricare $37.51 ↓ -96%
Molina MMP $37.94 ↓ -96%
Molina MCR $37.94 ↓ -96%
Molina MME $37.94 ↓ -96%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $38.29 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $38.67 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $41.77 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $44.29 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $45.25 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $52.22 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $52.22 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $52.22 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $52.22 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $52.22 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $52.91 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $60.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $60.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $61.00 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $62.31 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $63.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $63.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $64.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $64.97 ↓ -93%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $66.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $66.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $68.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $68.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.11 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $68.92 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $69.62 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $76.46 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $77.97 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $77.97 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $90.51 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $91.20 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $107.02 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $131.35 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $133.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $133.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $136.21 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $148.56 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $148.56 ↓ -85%
Cigna HMO $148.56 ↓ -85%
Cigna AllOther $188.02 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $194.59 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $209.18 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $233.51 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $238.37 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $248.10 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $251.02 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $328.86 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $340.53 ↓ -65%
Humana COMM $356.87 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $389.18 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $431.99 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $437.83 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $437.83 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $476.75 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $486.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $512.74 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $535.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $535.12 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $535.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $535.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $535.12 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $544.85 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $564.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $573.07 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $573.07 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $651.88 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $681.07 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $681.07 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $681.07 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $690.79 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $729.71 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $778.36 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $778.36 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $827.01 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $865.93 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $972.95 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $972.95 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $972.95 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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