Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$298.49

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.

$298.49

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.

$10.66 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $298.49 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 STAR $10.66 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $10.66 ↓ -96%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $14.70 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $14.92 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $14.92 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $14.92 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.92 ↓ -95%
United STAR $14.92 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $14.92 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $14.92 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.92 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.15 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.15 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $15.15 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.67 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.11 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.41 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $16.41 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $16.41 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $16.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.19 ↓ -94%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.19 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $18.45 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health POS $18.54 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCR $18.54 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MME $18.54 ↓ -94%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.54 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCR $18.54 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.54 ↓ -94%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $18.54 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health SNP $18.54 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health HMO $18.54 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health PPO $18.54 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $18.63 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $18.65 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $18.70 ↓ -94%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.73 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.91 ↓ -94%
Integranet MGMCR $19.10 ↓ -94%
WellCare MGMCR $19.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.47 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.47 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.47 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $19.60 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.65 ↓ -93%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.65 ↓ -93%
Molina MMP $20.21 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.21 ↓ -93%
Molina MME $20.21 ↓ -93%
Molina MCR $20.21 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $20.25 ↓ -93%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.89 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.25 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $22.98 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.10 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $26.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $27.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $27.52 ↓ -91%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.81 ↓ -91%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.81 ↓ -91%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.81 ↓ -91%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.81 ↓ -91%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.81 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $27.89 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $28.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $29.70 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $29.70 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $30.24 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $32.83 ↓ -89%
Superior ValueHMO $33.19 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $34.95 ↓ -88%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.23 ↓ -88%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.71 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $40.30 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $41.53 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $41.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $41.79 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $48.20 ↓ -84%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.57 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $59.70 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $64.18 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.86 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.93 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $71.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $73.13 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $73.56 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.56 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.56 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $76.11 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $77.01 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $93.10 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $100.89 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $104.47 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $119.40 ↓ -60%
Humana COMM $131.83 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $132.53 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $134.32 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $134.32 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $146.26 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $149.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $157.30 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $164.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $164.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $164.17 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $164.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $164.17 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $167.15 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $173.12 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $175.81 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $175.81 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $199.99 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $208.94 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $208.94 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $208.94 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $211.93 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $223.87 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $238.79 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $238.79 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $253.72 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $265.66 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $298.49 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $298.49 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $298.49 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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