Cytopath smear other source 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

$1,389.23

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.

$1,389.23

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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,389.23 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
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $49.76 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $75.19 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $86.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $86.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $90.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $90.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $94.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $97.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $97.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $97.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $97.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $97.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $98.94 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $98.94 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $136.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $145.14 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $145.14 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $152.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $170.81 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $187.55 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $194.49 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $277.85 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $288.96 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $298.68 ↓ -79%
Cigna LocalPlus $309.37 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $309.68 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $333.42 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $340.36 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $345.54 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $345.54 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $345.54 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $354.25 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $358.42 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $437.33 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $469.56 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $486.23 ↓ -65%
Humana COMM $491.31 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $555.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $616.82 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $625.15 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $625.15 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $680.72 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $694.62 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $732.12 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $764.08 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $764.08 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $764.08 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $764.08 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $764.08 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $777.97 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $805.75 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $818.26 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $818.26 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $930.78 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $972.46 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $972.46 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $972.46 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $986.35 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,041.92 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,111.38 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,111.38 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,180.85 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,236.41 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,389.23 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,389.23 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,389.23 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $145.31 $35.00 – $181.63
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $35.38 – $35.38
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $491.31 – $491.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.99 $23.26 – $169.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $112.99 $22.60 – $141.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $145.31 $35.00 – $181.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $112.99 $36.00 – $169.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $112.99 $26.00 – $169.49

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