Echo guide for heart biopsy at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$2,167.90
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.
$2,167.90
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.
$44.04 with BCBS vs $2,167.90 with Unicare — 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 | $44.04 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $44.38 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $98.51 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $131.79 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $131.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $135.06 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $138.23 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $144.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMM | $144.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $144.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $151.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $151.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $151.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $151.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $151.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OON | $169.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $284.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $292.67 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $303.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $411.90 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $433.58 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $466.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $520.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $552.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $758.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $867.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $867.16 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $962.55 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $975.55 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $975.55 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,083.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,142.48 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,192.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,192.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,192.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,192.35 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,214.02 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,257.38 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,276.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,276.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,517.53 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,517.53 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,517.53 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,539.21 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,625.92 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,734.32 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,842.71 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,167.90 | ↑ +0% |
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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $284.42 – $284.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $455.26 | $77.59 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $455.26 | $77.59 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |