Echo stress 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.
$182.33 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $934.13 with Humana — 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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| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $182.33 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $185.11 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $185.11 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $185.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $185.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $185.11 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $185.11 | — |
| United | CHIP | $185.11 | — |
| United | STAR | $185.11 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $185.11 | — |
| United | STARKids | $185.11 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $194.37 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $199.92 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $199.92 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $203.62 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $203.62 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $203.62 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $203.62 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $231.39 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $279.83 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $326.07 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $326.07 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $577.44 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $577.44 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $605.89 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $634.35 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $934.13 | — |
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Echo stress at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,144.62 | $182.78 – $2,680.78 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $2,580.30 | $144.30 – $197.40 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | $2,627.64 | $934.13 – $934.13 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $1,959.00 | $67.08 – $1,449.58 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $1,959.00 | $67.08 – $1,482.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,004.21 | $358.08 – $4,506.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,350.85 | $182.78 – $2,938.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,144.62 | $182.78 – $2,680.78 |