Diathermy eg microwave at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$6.93 with Humana vs $179.00 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
Humana Tricare $6.93
BCBS MCRPPO $7.13
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.13
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.14
WellMed MGMCR $7.26
Devoted Health MME $7.30
Humana MGMCR $7.30
Devoted Health PPO $7.30
Devoted Health SNP $7.30
Devoted Health HMO $7.30
Devoted Health POS $7.30
Devoted Health MCR $7.30
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.30
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.30
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $7.30
United MGMCR $7.34
Aetna MCR $7.36
Care N Care MGMCR $7.37
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.45
Integranet MGMCR $7.52
WellCare MGMCR $7.52
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $7.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $7.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $7.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $7.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $7.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $7.67
ProCare Advantge MCR $7.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $7.67
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $7.74
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $7.74
Molina MMP $7.96
Molina MCR $7.96
Molina MME $7.96
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.76
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $9.49
Bravo Health MCRHMO $10.95
Bravo Health MCRSNP $10.95
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $10.95
Bravo Health MCRPOS $10.95
Bravo Health MCRPPO $10.95
Superior ValueHMO $13.07
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $13.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.45
Superior EPO $16.35
Superior HMO $16.35
BCBS BluePremier $17.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.83
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.11
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.11
BCBS EPOSOA $36.84
BCBS PPO $38.57
Humana COMM $48.93
Aetna QHPHIX $106.00
Aetna NewBusiness $143.00
Aetna Meritain $155.00
Aetna COMM $155.00
Aetna OON $179.00

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Diathermy eg microwave at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $7.14 – $19.13
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $38.75 $10.53 – $317.00
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $16.51 $6.46 – $33.15
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $32.13 $6.46 – $33.15
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $32.13 $6.46 – $33.15
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $32.13 $6.46 – $33.15
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $32.13 $6.46 – $33.15
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $17.37 $6.46 – $33.15

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