Echo exam of fetal heart at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$3,859.29
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.
$3,859.29
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.
$253.46 with BCBS vs $3,859.29 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $253.46 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $255.41 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $255.41 | ↓ -93% |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $258.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPLUS | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARKids | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STAR | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CHIP | $262.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $270.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $270.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $270.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $270.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $270.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $275.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $283.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $283.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $288.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | CHIP | $288.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $288.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $288.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $313.40 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $327.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $424.52 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $429.69 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $460.30 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $460.30 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $521.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OON | $539.87 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $540.30 | ↓ -86% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $657.03 | ↓ -83% |
| United | SmallGroup | $657.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $713.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $713.75 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $758.43 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $758.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $771.86 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | COMM | $788.64 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $795.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $796.41 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | HMO | $796.41 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $796.41 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $829.75 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | PPO | $832.52 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $926.23 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $945.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $984.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $995.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,007.96 | ↓ -74% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,304.44 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,350.75 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,543.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,543.72 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,713.52 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,736.68 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,736.68 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,891.05 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,929.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,033.85 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,122.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,122.61 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,122.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,122.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,122.61 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,161.20 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,238.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,273.12 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,273.12 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,585.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,701.50 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,701.50 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,701.50 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,740.10 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,894.47 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,087.43 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,087.43 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $3,280.40 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $3,434.77 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,859.29 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,859.29 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,859.29 | ↑ +0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $855.38 | $262.29 – $1,366.64 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $262.29 – $283.27 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $788.64 – $788.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $943.49 | $194.20 – $1,415.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $805.36 | $262.29 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $855.38 | $262.29 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $943.49 | $280.65 – $1,415.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $943.49 | $262.29 – $1,415.24 |