Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$7,132.02

Cash price

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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.

$7,132.02

Gross charge

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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.

$52.72 with BCBS vs $2,496.21 with Healthcare Highways NTX — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS BluePremier $52.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $61.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $61.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $108.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $108.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $114.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $119.52 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $133.03 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $133.03 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $133.03 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $133.03 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $133.03 ↓ -98%
Humana COMM $154.59 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCD $209.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna IFP $256.55 ↓ -96%
Cigna QHP $266.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $309.76 ↓ -96%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $361.07 ↓ -95%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $380.07 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $395.27 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $408.58 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $452.29 ↓ -94%
Unicare CHIP $456.09 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $465.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $486.49 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $486.49 ↓ -93%
Evry Health COMM $490.29 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $501.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $501.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $560.61 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $560.61 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $560.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $570.11 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $642.32 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $708.83 ↓ -90%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $760.14 ↓ -89%
Curative Administrators COMM $760.14 ↓ -89%
BCBS Traditional $843.76 ↓ -88%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $855.16 ↓ -88%
City of McKinney COMM $855.16 ↓ -88%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $931.18 ↓ -87%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $950.18 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASA $1,001.49 ↓ -86%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,045.20 ↓ -85%
Aetna WCOMP $1,045.20 ↓ -85%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,045.20 ↓ -85%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,045.20 ↓ -85%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,045.20 ↓ -85%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,064.20 ↓ -85%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,102.21 ↓ -85%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,119.31 ↓ -84%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,119.31 ↓ -84%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,273.24 ↓ -82%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,330.25 ↓ -81%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,330.25 ↓ -81%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,330.25 ↓ -81%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,349.26 ↓ -81%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,425.27 ↓ -80%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,520.29 ↓ -79%
USC Health Services COMM $1,520.29 ↓ -79%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,615.31 ↓ -77%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,691.32 ↓ -76%
Unicare MCD $1,900.36 ↓ -73%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,900.36 ↓ -73%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,900.36 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,496.21 ↓ -65%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $756.00 $27.19 – $27.19
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS $786.24 $154.59 – $154.59
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $788.00 $59.50 – $70.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.45 $67.47 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $702.59 $52.28 – $995.33

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