Dch validity tests at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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Cash price 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 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.
$2.09 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $31.31 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $2.09 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $2.09 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $2.88 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $2.92 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $2.92 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $2.92 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $2.92 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2.92 | — |
| United | CHIP | $2.92 | — |
| United | STAR | $2.92 | — |
| United | STARKids | $2.92 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $3.07 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $3.15 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $3.15 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $3.21 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $3.21 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $3.21 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $3.21 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $3.46 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $3.48 | — |
| Triwest Veterans | FEDERAL | $3.48 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $3.48 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $3.48 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $3.48 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $3.48 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $3.48 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $3.48 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $3.48 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $3.48 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $3.48 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $3.48 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3.48 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.48 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $3.48 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $3.50 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $3.51 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.51 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $3.55 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $3.58 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $3.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $3.65 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $3.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $3.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $3.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $3.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $3.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $3.65 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $3.65 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $3.65 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $3.69 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $3.69 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $3.75 | — |
| Molina | MME | $3.79 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $3.79 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $3.79 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $3.83 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $3.87 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $4.18 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $4.43 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $4.52 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $5.22 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $5.22 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $5.22 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $5.22 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $5.22 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $5.29 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6.09 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $6.09 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $6.10 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $6.23 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $6.33 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $6.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $6.50 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $6.50 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $6.61 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6.65 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $6.89 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $6.96 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $7.65 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $7.80 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $7.80 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $9.05 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $9.12 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $12.92 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $12.93 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $14.43 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $14.43 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $14.43 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $18.26 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $31.31 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Dch validity tests at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $35.80 | $2.92 – $44.75 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $43.00 | $2.77 – $11.95 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $43.00 | $2.77 – $15.84 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $2.92 – $5.01 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $3.48 – $9.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $19.38 | $3.99 – $29.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $24.61 | $2.92 – $30.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $35.80 | $2.92 – $44.75 |