Csf ventriculography 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

$3,916.77

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$3,916.77

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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.

$274.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,916.77 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $274.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $274.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $274.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $274.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $274.17 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $310.03 ↓ -92%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $314.75 ↓ -92%
United STARPerinate $314.75 ↓ -92%
United STARPLUS $314.75 ↓ -92%
United STARKids $314.75 ↓ -92%
United STAR $314.75 ↓ -92%
United CHIP $314.75 ↓ -92%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $314.75 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $314.75 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup CHIP $314.75 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $314.75 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $330.49 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $339.93 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MCD $339.93 ↓ -91%
Molina MCDSTAR $346.23 ↓ -91%
Molina CHIP $346.23 ↓ -91%
Molina STARKIDS $346.23 ↓ -91%
Molina STAR+PLUS $346.23 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $393.44 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $416.51 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $419.71 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $419.71 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $430.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $487.83 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $528.76 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $548.35 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -84%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $668.87 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $716.51 ↓ -82%
Aetna Meritain $716.51 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $783.35 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $840.37 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $842.11 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $940.02 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $959.61 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $998.78 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,010.53 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -72%
Humana COMM $1,213.81 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,246.32 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,246.32 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,307.19 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,323.87 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $1,368.07 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,370.87 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,566.71 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,566.71 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,739.05 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,762.55 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,762.55 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,919.22 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,958.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,064.14 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,154.22 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,154.22 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,154.22 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,154.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,154.22 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,193.39 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,271.73 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,306.98 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,306.98 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,624.24 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,741.74 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,741.74 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,741.74 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,780.91 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,937.58 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $3,133.42 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,133.42 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,329.25 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,485.93 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $3,916.77 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,916.77 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,916.77 ↑ +0%

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Csf ventriculography at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $314.75 – $339.93
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,289.57 – $1,289.57
Ascension Providence Waco $705.15 $207.19 – $791.32
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $4,265.70 $314.75 – $487.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,233.50 – $1,233.50
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $326.45 – $907.71
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $308.45 – $1,727.59
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $332.13 – $1,727.59

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