Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$1,779.71

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.

$1,779.71

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.

$5.68 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,779.71 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $5.68 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $5.68 ↓ -100%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $7.83 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $7.95 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $7.95 ↓ -100%
United STAR $7.95 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $7.95 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.95 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.95 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $7.95 ↓ -100%
United STARPerinate $7.95 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.59 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.59 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.75 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.75 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $8.75 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $8.75 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $9.42 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.47 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $9.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $9.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.47 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $9.47 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.55 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $9.75 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $9.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.94 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.94 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.04 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.04 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $10.20 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $10.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $10.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $10.32 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.42 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.52 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $12.04 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.31 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $14.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.59 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $16.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.24 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $17.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $17.66 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.09 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $18.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $20.79 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $21.21 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $21.21 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $24.62 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalPlus $36.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $40.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $40.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $51.09 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $105.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $124.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $124.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $124.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $124.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $124.58 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $195.77 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $240.26 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $249.16 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $355.94 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $382.64 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $427.13 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $436.03 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $453.83 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $459.17 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $601.54 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $622.90 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $711.88 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $790.19 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $800.87 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $800.87 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $872.06 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $889.86 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $937.91 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $978.84 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $978.84 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $978.84 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $978.84 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $978.84 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $996.64 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,032.23 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,048.25 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,048.25 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,192.41 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,245.80 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,245.80 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,245.80 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,263.59 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,334.78 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,423.77 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,423.77 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,512.75 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,583.94 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $1,779.71 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,779.71 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,779.71 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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