Enzyme histochemistry 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.

$100.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,440.87 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $100.86
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $100.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $100.86
Superior Health Plan STARKids $100.86
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $100.86
Aetna QHPHIX $149.97
Optum Health MCD $158.50
Cigna IFP $194.52
Cigna QHP $201.72
Aetna NewBusiness $206.56
Aetna Meritain $220.00
Aetna COMM $220.00
Aetna OON $258.91
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $288.17
Oscar HIX $299.70
United OptionsPPO $309.79
Unicare CHIP $345.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $353.01
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $367.42
Evry Health COMM $371.74
Cigna LocalPlus $420.43
Cigna NewBusiness $420.85
Cigna HMO $469.59
Cigna NetworkBenefit $469.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $469.59
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $487.01
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $504.30
Humana COMM $522.17
Prominence Health Plan HIX $576.35
Cigna AllOther $594.33
BCBS Traditional $639.75
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $648.39
City of McKinney COMM $648.39
United SmallGroup $656.15
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $706.03
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $720.43
Aetna ASA $759.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $792.48
Aetna WCOMP $792.48
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $792.48
Cigna Lifesource COMM $792.48
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $792.48
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $806.89
Averde Health, Inc PPO $835.70
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $848.67
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $848.67
BCBS BluePremier $954.86
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $965.38
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,008.61
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,008.61
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,008.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,023.02
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,080.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,099.35
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,099.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,143.32
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,143.32
USA Managed Care COMM $1,152.70
USC Health Services COMM $1,152.70
BCBS EPOSOA $1,199.86
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,224.74
BCBS PPO $1,256.40
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,282.37
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,440.87
Unicare MCD $1,440.87
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,440.87
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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