Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$3,891.06

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.

$3,891.06

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.

$74.83 with Humana vs $9,774.00 with Aetna — 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 $74.83 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCD $428.02 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $525.29 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $544.75 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $778.21 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $800.00 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $836.58 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $933.85 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $953.31 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $992.22 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,003.89 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,315.18 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,361.87 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,556.42 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,556.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,727.63 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,750.98 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,906.62 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,945.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,050.59 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,140.08 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,140.08 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,140.08 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,140.08 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,140.08 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,178.99 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,256.81 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,291.83 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,291.83 ↓ -41%
Oscar HIX $2,433.00 ↓ -37%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,607.01 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,723.74 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,723.74 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,723.74 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,762.65 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,918.30 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,112.85 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $3,112.85 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,307.40 ↓ -15%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,448.00 ↓ -11%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,463.04 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $3,891.06 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,891.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,891.06 ↑ +0%
United SmallGroup $4,100.00 ↑ +5%
BCBS BluePremier $4,320.00 ↑ +11%
Cigna LocalPlus $4,980.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna NewBusiness $4,985.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $5,564.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna HMO $5,564.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,564.00 ↑ +43%
Aetna QHPHIX $5,673.00 ↑ +46%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,000.00 ↑ +54%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,000.00 ↑ +54%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,000.00 ↑ +54%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,000.00 ↑ +80%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,000.00 ↑ +80%
Cigna AllOther $7,039.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,360.00 ↑ +89%
BCBS PPO $7,720.00 ↑ +98%
Aetna NewBusiness $7,774.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna COMM $8,307.00 ↑ +113%
Aetna Meritain $8,307.00 ↑ +113%
Aetna OON $9,774.00 ↑ +151%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $845.09 $239.44 – $3,000.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $731.40 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $74.83 – $74.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,597.43 $437.05 – $437.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $686.86 $141.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,013.20 $202.64 – $7,280.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $845.09 $225.36 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $686.86 $220.48 – $10,880.00

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