Colonoscopy/w endoscopic stent 45389 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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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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,808.65 with BCBS — 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 $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $2,047.00
Humana COMM $2,118.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,270.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $2,759.82
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2,801.85
United CHIP $2,801.85
United STAR $2,801.85
United STARKids $2,801.85
United STARPLUS $2,801.85
United STARPerinate $2,801.85
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2,801.85
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2,801.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,941.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,941.94
Amerigroup CHIP $2,941.94
Molina MCDSTAR $3,082.04
Molina CHIP $3,082.04
Molina STAR+PLUS $3,082.04
Molina STARKIDS $3,082.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3,362.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $3,362.22
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
United SmallGroup $3,467.00
Humana MGMCD $3,502.31
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,047.00
WellMed MGMCR $6,129.05
BCBS BluePremier $6,215.08
Cigna LocalPlus $6,376.00
Cigna NewBusiness $6,382.00
Cigna HMO $7,124.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $7,124.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $7,124.00
Cigna AllOther $9,012.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9,466.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,466.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,756.87
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,756.87
BCBS EPOSOA $11,282.76
BCBS PPO $11,808.65

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Colonoscopy/w endoscopic stent 45389 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $3,571.80 $2,801.85 – $3,026.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $2,801.85 – $14,118.49
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $2,118.21 – $2,118.21
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $3,571.80 $2,801.85 – $3,026.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $3,571.80 $2,801.85 – $3,082.04
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $3,571.80 $2,801.85 – $3,082.04
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $3,571.80 $2,801.85 – $3,082.04
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $3,571.80 $2,801.85 – $3,082.04

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