Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 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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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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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.

$55.36 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $55.36
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $56.20
United STARPerinate $56.20
United STARPLUS $56.20
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $56.20
United STARKids $56.20
United STAR $56.20
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $56.20
United CHIP $56.20
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $59.01
Amerigroup CHIP $59.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.01
Molina CHIP $61.82
Molina STAR+PLUS $61.82
Molina STARKIDS $61.82
Molina MCDSTAR $61.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.44
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.44
Humana MGMCD $70.25
BCBS BluePremier $83.51
WellMed MGMCR $201.52
Humana COMM $227.06
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $278.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $278.16
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $357.82
BCBS BlueEssentials $357.82
BCBS EPOSOA $375.80
BCBS PPO $393.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.51 $56.20 – $490.70
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $56.20 – $60.70
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $227.06 – $227.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.14 $49.84 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $231.71 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.51 $56.20 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.14 $60.13 – $490.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.14 $56.20 – $490.70

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