Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) 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

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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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$0.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $42.07 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.82
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.82
Optum Health MCD $1.29
Cigna IFP $1.58
Cigna QHP $1.64
Humana Tricare $1.77
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.82
Aetna QHPHIX $1.91
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $2.35
United OptionsPPO $2.52
Aetna NewBusiness $2.79
Unicare CHIP $2.82
United SmallGroup $2.89
United AllPayerAppendix $2.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.89
Aetna Meritain $3.00
Aetna COMM $3.00
Aetna OON $3.52
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.96
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $4.11
Prominence Health Plan HIX $4.69
BCBS Traditional $5.21
City of McKinney COMM $5.28
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $5.75
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5.87
Aetna ASA $6.18
Cigna Lifesource COMM $6.45
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6.45
Aetna WCOMP $6.45
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6.45
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6.45
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $6.57
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6.80
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $6.91
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $6.91
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $7.86
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.33
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8.80
USC Health Services COMM $9.38
USA Managed Care COMM $9.38
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9.97
Optum Health (URN) COMM $10.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11.73
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11.73
Unicare MCD $11.73
Cigna LocalPlus $12.28
Cigna NewBusiness $12.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13.72
Cigna HMO $13.72
Cigna NetworkBenefit $13.72
Cigna AllOther $17.36
Humana COMM $18.10
BCBS BluePremier $21.15
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $26.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.15
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $38.28
BCBS BlueEssentials $38.28
BCBS EPOSOA $40.17
BCBS PPO $42.07

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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31.32 $2.06 – $11.98
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $30.00 $9.89 – $9.89
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1.82 – $18.10
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $39.88 $29.18 – $29.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $31.32 $1.74 – $12.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $31.32 $1.69 – $10.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $31.32 $2.06 – $11.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $31.32 $2.06 – $12.69

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