Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$31.63
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.
$31.63
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.
$1.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $84.14 with BCBS — 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 | CHIP | $1.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $2.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | IFP | $3.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | QHP | $3.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Tricare | $3.53 | ↓ -89% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $3.64 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $3.64 | ↓ -88% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $4.46 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.80 | ↓ -85% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4.85 | ↓ -85% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4.85 | ↓ -85% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.85 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $5.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $5.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | COMM | $5.71 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $5.71 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OON | $6.70 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $7.54 | ↓ -76% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $8.93 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $9.91 | ↓ -69% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $10.04 | ↓ -68% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $10.94 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $11.07 | ↓ -65% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $11.16 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | ASA | $11.76 | ↓ -63% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $12.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $12.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $12.28 | ↓ -61% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $12.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $12.28 | ↓ -61% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $12.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $12.95 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $13.15 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $13.15 | ↓ -58% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $14.95 | ↓ -53% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $15.62 | ↓ -51% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $15.62 | ↓ -51% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $15.85 | ↓ -50% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $16.74 | ↓ -47% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $17.86 | ↓ -44% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $17.86 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $18.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $18.41 | ↓ -42% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $18.97 | ↓ -40% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $19.86 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | HMO | $20.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $20.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $20.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $22.32 | ↓ -29% |
| Unicare | MCD | $22.32 | ↓ -29% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $22.32 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $26.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | COMM | $35.34 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $42.30 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $52.30 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $52.30 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $76.56 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $76.56 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $80.35 | ↑ +154% |
| BCBS | PPO | $84.14 | ↑ +166% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $28.80 | $3.38 – $21.16 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $3.64 – $35.34 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $58.37 – $58.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $35.74 | $3.08 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $45.14 | $2.99 – $18.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $28.80 | $3.38 – $21.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $35.74 | $3.38 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $35.74 | $3.38 – $22.41 |