Devel tst phys/qhp 1st hr at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$916.70
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.
$916.70
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.
$64.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $916.70 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $64.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $64.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $64.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $64.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $64.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $100.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $123.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $128.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $149.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $183.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $190.67 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $197.09 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $218.17 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $220.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $234.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $234.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $275.01 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $309.84 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $326.51 | ↓ -64% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $366.68 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $380.46 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $380.46 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $407.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $412.51 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $412.51 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $449.18 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $458.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $483.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $504.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $504.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $504.19 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $504.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $504.19 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $513.35 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $531.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $539.94 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $539.94 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $614.19 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $641.69 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $641.69 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $641.69 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $650.86 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $673.76 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $673.76 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $687.52 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $706.97 | ↓ -23% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $733.36 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $733.36 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS | PPO | $740.17 | ↓ -19% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $779.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $815.86 | ↓ -11% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $916.70 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $916.70 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $916.70 | ↑ +0% |
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Devel tst phys/qhp 1st hr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $432.50 | $91.31 – $91.31 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $432.50 | $91.31 – $91.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $105.91 | $21.80 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $79.98 | $16.00 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $105.91 | $34.00 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $105.91 | $54.72 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $79.98 | $26.66 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $105.91 | $21.18 – $386.96 |