Creatine kinase 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

$958.43

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.

$958.43

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.

$3.91 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $958.43 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.

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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 STAR $3.91 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.91 ↓ -100%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $5.39 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.47 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $5.47 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $5.47 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $5.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $5.47 ↓ -99%
United STAR $5.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.47 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $5.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.74 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.91 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $6.02 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $6.02 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $6.02 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $6.02 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.48 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $6.51 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $6.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.51 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $6.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.51 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.51 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.57 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $6.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $6.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $6.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.84 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.84 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $6.84 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.84 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.90 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $7.01 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $7.10 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $7.10 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $7.10 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $7.16 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.23 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.81 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $8.29 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.46 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $9.77 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $9.77 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $9.77 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $9.77 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $9.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $9.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.42 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $11.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $12.16 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $12.16 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $12.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.43 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $13.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $14.31 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $14.58 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $14.58 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $16.93 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $24.55 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $24.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $27.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $27.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $27.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $34.70 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $67.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $67.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $67.09 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $72.35 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $105.43 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $129.39 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $134.18 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $191.69 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $206.06 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $230.02 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $234.82 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $244.40 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $247.27 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $323.95 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $335.45 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $383.37 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $425.54 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $431.29 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $431.29 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $469.63 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $479.21 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $505.09 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $527.14 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $527.14 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $527.14 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $527.14 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $527.14 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $536.72 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $555.89 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $564.52 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $564.52 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $642.15 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $670.90 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $670.90 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $670.90 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $680.49 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $718.82 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $766.74 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $766.74 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $814.67 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $853.00 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $958.43 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $958.43 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $958.43 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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