Echo exam of eye at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$83.86 with United vs $340.79 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 |
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| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $84.59 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $85.88 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $85.88 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $85.88 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $85.88 | — |
| United | STARKids | $85.88 | — |
| United | STAR | $85.88 | — |
| United | CHIP | $85.88 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $85.88 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $85.88 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $85.88 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $90.17 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $90.47 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $92.75 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $92.75 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $94.47 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $94.47 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $94.47 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $94.47 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $103.75 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $107.35 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $124.04 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $132.88 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $132.88 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $155.85 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $190.65 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $208.93 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $209.14 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $233.36 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $233.36 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $233.36 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $295.35 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | — |
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Echo exam of eye at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $460.50 | $85.88 – $92.75 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $190.65 – $190.65 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $460.50 | $85.88 – $92.75 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $460.50 | $85.88 – $94.47 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Plano | $460.50 | $85.88 – $92.75 |
| Texas Health Hospital Rockwall | Rockwall | $460.50 | $85.88 – $92.75 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $116.46 | $49.16 – $533.79 |
| Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano | Plano | $460.50 | $85.88 – $92.75 |