Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

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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.

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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.

$165.01 with BCBS vs $1,324.58 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.

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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 $165.01
Humana Tricare $188.90
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $192.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $192.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $194.74
BCBS MGMCRHMO $194.74
BCBS MCRPPO $194.74
WellMed MGMCR $198.25
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $199.25
Amerigroup DualEligible $199.25
Humana MGMCR $199.25
Devoted Health SNP $199.25
Devoted Health HMO $199.25
Devoted Health POS $199.25
Devoted Health MCR $199.25
Devoted Health MME $199.25
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $199.25
Devoted Health PPO $199.25
United MGMCR $200.25
Aetna MCR $200.94
Care N Care MGMCR $201.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $203.24
Integranet MGMCR $205.23
WellCare MGMCR $205.23
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $209.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $209.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $209.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $209.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $209.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $209.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $209.21
ProCare Advantge MCR $209.21
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $211.21
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $211.21
Molina MCR $217.18
Molina MMP $217.18
Molina MME $217.18
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $219.18
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $239.10
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $259.03
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $298.88
Bravo Health MCRSNP $298.88
Bravo Health MCRPPO $298.88
Bravo Health MCRPOS $298.88
Bravo Health MCRHMO $298.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $340.51
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $340.51
Superior ValueHMO $356.66
BCBS EPOSOA $357.29
BCBS PPO $374.07
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $378.57
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $394.51
Superior HMO $446.32
Superior EPO $446.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $522.03
Humana COMM $1,324.58

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $446.70 $94.95 – $94.95
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $433.00 $28.07 – $146.34
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $433.00 $28.07 – $146.34
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $194.74 – $522.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $504.10 $100.82 – $630.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23

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