Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 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

$890.97

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.

$890.97

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.

$14.52 with Humana vs $890.97 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Humana COMM $14.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $63.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $74.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $74.33 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $98.01 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $120.28 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $124.74 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $131.64 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $131.64 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $138.12 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $144.61 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $145.23 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $178.19 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $191.56 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $212.05 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $213.83 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $218.29 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $227.20 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $228.09 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $228.09 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $229.87 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $235.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $235.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $262.84 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $262.84 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $262.84 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $267.29 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $301.15 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $311.84 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $332.33 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $356.39 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $356.39 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $395.59 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $400.94 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $436.58 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $445.49 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $469.54 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $490.03 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $490.03 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $490.03 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $490.03 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $490.03 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $498.94 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $516.76 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $524.78 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $524.78 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $596.95 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $623.68 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $623.68 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $623.68 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $632.59 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $668.23 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $712.78 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $712.78 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $757.32 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $792.96 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $890.97 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $890.97 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $890.97 ↑ +0%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $98.14 $27.81 – $1,841.00
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $14.52 – $14.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $102.60 $21.12 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $102.60 $20.52 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $98.14 $26.17 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $102.60 $32.93 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $102.60 $53.01 – $220.82
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