Echo transesophageal at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$6,839.77
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.
$6,839.77
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.
$224.53 with BCBS vs $6,839.77 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 | $224.53 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $261.63 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $261.63 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $463.33 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $463.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $478.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $478.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $478.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $478.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $478.78 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $486.17 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $509.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $752.37 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $923.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $957.57 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,114.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,299.56 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $1,367.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,422.67 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,470.55 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,627.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,641.54 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,667.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,675.74 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,750.98 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,750.98 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,764.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,805.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,805.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,017.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,017.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,017.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OON | $2,051.93 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,311.84 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,551.23 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,735.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,735.91 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,036.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,077.90 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,077.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $3,351.49 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,419.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,604.56 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,761.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,761.87 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,761.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,761.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $3,761.87 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $3,830.27 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,967.07 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,028.62 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,028.62 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $4,582.65 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,787.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,787.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,787.84 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,856.24 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,129.83 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,471.82 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,471.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,813.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $6,087.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,839.77 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,839.77 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,839.77 | ↑ +0% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,667.03 – $1,667.03 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $319.41 | $162.69 – $394.83 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $621.08 | $162.69 – $394.83 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $598.00 | $296.84 – $296.84 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $366.29 – $366.29 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $878.39 – $878.39 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |