Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$1,805.53
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.
$1,805.53
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.
$53.98 with Aetna vs $1,805.53 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $53.98 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $74.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $79.18 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMM | $79.18 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $93.18 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $126.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $126.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $126.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $126.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $126.39 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $149.16 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $149.16 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $149.16 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $158.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $158.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | HMO | $177.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $177.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $177.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $198.61 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $218.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $224.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $243.75 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $251.13 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $251.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $252.77 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $261.17 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $261.17 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $274.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | COMM | $279.13 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | PPO | $287.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $361.11 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $375.55 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $388.19 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $433.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $442.35 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $460.41 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $465.83 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $610.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $631.94 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $722.21 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $801.66 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $812.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $812.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $884.71 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $902.76 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $951.51 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $993.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $993.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $993.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $993.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $993.04 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,011.10 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,047.21 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,063.46 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,063.46 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,209.71 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,263.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,263.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,263.87 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,281.93 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,354.15 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,444.42 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,444.42 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,534.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,606.92 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,805.53 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,805.53 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,805.53 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $297.87 | $35.00 – $423.12 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $832.50 | $35.38 – $159.57 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $1,046.00 | $76.69 – $451.97 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $1,046.00 | $76.69 – $462.09 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $279.13 – $279.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $282.52 | $36.00 – $423.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $210.80 | $36.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $297.87 | $35.00 – $423.12 |