Cystatin c 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

$351.74

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.

$351.74

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.

$11.11 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $351.74 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 $11.11 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $11.11 ↓ -97%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $15.33 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $15.56 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $15.56 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $15.56 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $15.56 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.56 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.56 ↓ -96%
United STAR $15.56 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.56 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.80 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.12 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $17.12 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $17.12 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $17.12 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $18.43 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health PPO $18.52 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health SNP $18.52 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health HMO $18.52 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health POS $18.52 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $18.52 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MME $18.52 ↓ -95%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $18.52 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.52 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.52 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $18.52 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.52 ↓ -95%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $18.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $18.68 ↓ -95%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.71 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.89 ↓ -95%
Integranet MGMCR $19.08 ↓ -95%
WellCare MGMCR $19.08 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $19.45 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.45 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.45 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.63 ↓ -94%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.63 ↓ -94%
Humana Tricare $19.95 ↓ -94%
Molina MME $20.19 ↓ -94%
Molina MMP $20.19 ↓ -94%
Molina MCR $20.19 ↓ -94%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.37 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.57 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $23.55 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $24.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.62 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.78 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.78 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.78 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.78 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.78 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $28.15 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.41 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $32.44 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $33.15 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.71 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.71 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $34.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $34.55 ↓ -90%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.19 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $35.37 ↓ -90%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.67 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $37.04 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $38.69 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $40.66 ↓ -88%
Superior HMO $41.48 ↓ -88%
Superior EPO $41.48 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $47.48 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $48.15 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $49.24 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $70.35 ↓ -80%
Cigna LocalPlus $71.03 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $71.11 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $75.62 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $79.34 ↓ -77%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $79.34 ↓ -77%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $79.34 ↓ -77%
Unicare CHIP $84.42 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $86.18 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $89.69 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $90.75 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $100.42 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $118.89 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $123.11 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $140.70 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $156.17 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $158.28 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $158.28 ↓ -55%
Humana COMM $166.65 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $172.35 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $175.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $185.37 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $193.46 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $193.46 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $193.46 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $193.46 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $193.46 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $196.97 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $204.01 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $207.17 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $207.17 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $235.67 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $246.22 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $246.22 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $246.22 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $249.74 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $263.81 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $281.39 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $281.39 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $298.98 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $313.05 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $351.74 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $351.74 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $351.74 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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