Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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

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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.

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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.

$4.85 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $516.33 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 CHIP $4.85
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.85
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $6.69
Amerigroup CHIP $6.79
United CHIP $6.79
United STARPLUS $6.79
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.79
United STARPerinate $6.79
United STAR $6.79
United STARKids $6.79
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.79
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.33
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.33
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.47
Molina MCDSTAR $7.47
Molina STARKIDS $7.47
Molina CHIP $7.47
WellMed MGMCR $8.04
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $8.08
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.08
Devoted Health MME $8.08
Devoted Health MCR $8.08
BCBS MCRPPO $8.08
Devoted Health PPO $8.08
Devoted Health SNP $8.08
Devoted Health HMO $8.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.08
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08
Devoted Health POS $8.08
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.08
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.08
United SmallGroup $8.08
Humana MGMCR $8.08
United MGMCR $8.12
Aetna MCR $8.15
Care N Care MGMCR $8.16
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.24
WellCare MGMCR $8.32
Integranet MGMCR $8.32
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.48
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.48
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.48
Humana MGMCD $8.49
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.56
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.56
Humana Tricare $8.71
Molina MCR $8.81
Molina MMP $8.81
Molina MME $8.81
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.70
Aetna QHPHIX $10.28
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.50
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.12
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.12
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.12
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.12
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.12
BCBS BluePremier $12.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.14
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.14
Aetna NewBusiness $14.16
Superior ValueHMO $14.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.71
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.71
Aetna Meritain $15.08
Aetna COMM $15.08
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.35
BCBS EPOSOA $15.43
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.00
BCBS PPO $16.16
Aetna OON $17.75
Superior HMO $18.10
Superior EPO $18.10
Oscar HIX $21.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.17
Cigna LocalPlus $31.01
Cigna NewBusiness $31.04
Cigna HMO $34.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.63
Cigna NetworkBenefit $34.63
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $36.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.14
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $36.14
Cigna AllOther $43.83
Optum Health MCD $56.80
Cigna IFP $69.70
Cigna QHP $72.29
Humana COMM $89.71
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $103.27
United OptionsPPO $111.01
Unicare CHIP $123.92
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $126.50
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $131.66
Evry Health COMM $133.21
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $174.52
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $180.72
Prominence Health Plan HIX $206.53
BCBS Traditional $229.25
City of McKinney COMM $232.35
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $232.35
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $253.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $258.17
Aetna ASA $272.11
Cigna Lifesource COMM $283.98
Aetna WCOMP $283.98
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $283.98
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $283.98
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $283.98
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $289.14
Averde Health, Inc PPO $299.47
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $304.12
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $304.12
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $345.94
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $361.43
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $361.43
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $361.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $366.59
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $387.25
USC Health Services COMM $413.06
USA Managed Care COMM $413.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $438.88
Optum Health (URN) COMM $459.53
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $516.33
Unicare MCD $516.33
Independent Medical Systems COMM $516.33
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $88.15 $6.79 – $90.53
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $145.80 $6.79 – $33.26
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