Creatinine 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

$784.17

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.

$784.17

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.

$3.07 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $784.17 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 $3.07 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.07 ↓ -100%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $4.24 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.30 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.30 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.30 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.30 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.30 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.30 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.30 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $4.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.64 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.73 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.73 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.73 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.73 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.09 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $5.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $5.12 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $5.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $5.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.12 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $5.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.12 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.12 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.16 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.17 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.22 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $5.27 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $5.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.38 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.38 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $5.38 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.38 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.43 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $5.52 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $5.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $5.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $5.58 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.63 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.69 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $6.51 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.66 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.68 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.68 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.68 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.68 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.68 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.96 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9.32 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $9.32 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $9.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $9.55 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $9.78 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $10.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $11.24 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $11.47 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $11.47 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $13.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $19.37 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $19.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $21.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $27.39 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $54.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $54.89 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $56.96 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $86.26 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $105.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $109.78 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $156.83 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $168.60 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $188.20 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $192.12 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $199.96 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $202.32 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $265.05 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $274.46 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $313.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $348.17 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $352.88 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $352.88 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $384.24 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $392.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $413.26 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $431.29 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $431.29 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $431.29 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $431.29 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $431.29 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $439.14 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $454.82 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $461.88 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $461.88 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $525.39 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $548.92 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $548.92 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $548.92 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $556.76 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $588.13 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $627.34 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $627.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $666.54 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $697.91 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $784.17 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $784.17 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $784.17 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Creatinine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $66.61 $4.30 – $40.78
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $166.20 $4.30 – $21.17
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS $143.96 $5.12 – $13.41
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $117.00 $4.09 – $17.60
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $117.00 $4.09 – $23.27
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.76 $4.61 – $19.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $64.85 $6.72 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $66.61 $4.30 – $40.78

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