Chromatography 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

$379.18

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.

$379.18

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.

$10.84 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $379.18 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 $10.84 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $10.84 ↓ -97%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $14.94 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $15.17 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $15.17 ↓ -96%
United STAR $15.17 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.17 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $15.17 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.17 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.17 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $15.17 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.93 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.38 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $16.69 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $16.69 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.69 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $16.69 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $17.97 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health PPO $18.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.06 ↓ -95%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $18.06 ↓ -95%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.06 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health POS $18.06 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $18.06 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MME $18.06 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $18.06 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health SNP $18.06 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health HMO $18.06 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $18.15 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $18.21 ↓ -95%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.24 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.42 ↓ -95%
WellCare MGMCR $18.60 ↓ -95%
Integranet MGMCR $18.60 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $18.96 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $18.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $18.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $18.96 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $18.96 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantge MCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.14 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.14 ↓ -95%
Humana Tricare $19.46 ↓ -95%
Molina MMP $19.69 ↓ -95%
Molina MCR $19.69 ↓ -95%
Molina MME $19.69 ↓ -95%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $19.87 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.06 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.67 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $22.98 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $26.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $26.54 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.09 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.09 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.09 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.09 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.09 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $27.45 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $31.60 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.60 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $31.65 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $32.33 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $32.87 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $32.87 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $33.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $33.71 ↓ -91%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.31 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.49 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.76 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $36.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $39.67 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $40.45 ↓ -89%
Superior EPO $40.45 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $41.71 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $46.96 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.32 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $51.19 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $53.09 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $68.43 ↓ -82%
Cigna NewBusiness $68.50 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $75.84 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.43 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $76.43 ↓ -80%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $76.43 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $81.52 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $91.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $92.90 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $96.69 ↓ -75%
Cigna AllOther $96.73 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $97.83 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $128.16 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $132.71 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $151.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $168.36 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $170.63 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $170.63 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $185.80 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $189.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $199.83 ↓ -47%
Humana COMM $200.57 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $208.55 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $208.55 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $208.55 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $208.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $208.55 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $212.34 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $219.92 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $223.34 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $223.34 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $254.05 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $265.43 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $265.43 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $265.43 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $269.22 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $284.38 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $303.34 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $303.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $322.30 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $337.47 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $379.18 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $379.18 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $379.18 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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