CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast 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

$285.71

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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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$285.71

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.

$20.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,006.00 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.00 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $31.43 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $38.57 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $40.00 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $57.14 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $61.43 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $68.57 ↓ -76%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -71%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -71%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $85.28 ↓ -70%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $86.58 ↓ -70%
United CHIP $86.58 ↓ -70%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $86.58 ↓ -70%
United STAR $86.58 ↓ -70%
United STARKids $86.58 ↓ -70%
United STARPLUS $86.58 ↓ -70%
United STARPerinate $86.58 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58 ↓ -70%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $86.58 ↓ -70%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51 ↓ -67%
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51 ↓ -67%
Molina STARKIDS $95.24 ↓ -67%
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24 ↓ -67%
Molina CHIP $95.24 ↓ -67%
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $96.57 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $100.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS BluePremier $103.75 ↓ -64%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -63%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -63%
Humana MGMCD $108.22 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $114.28 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $126.86 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $128.57 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $128.57 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $140.00 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $142.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $150.57 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $157.14 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $157.14 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $157.14 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $157.14 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $157.14 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $160.00 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $165.71 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $168.28 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $168.28 ↓ -41%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $191.43 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $200.00 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $200.00 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $202.85 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $214.28 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $228.57 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $228.57 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $242.85 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $254.28 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $285.71 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $285.71 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $285.71 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $298.89 ↑ +5%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↑ +9%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↑ +9%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↑ +14%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↑ +19%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↑ +104%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↑ +180%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↑ +252%

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