ER Visit (level 2) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$1,243.98
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.
$1,243.98
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.
$50.59 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,644.00 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $50.59 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $51.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $51.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $51.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $64.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $77.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $77.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $136.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $140.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $140.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $140.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | CHIP | $140.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $167.94 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $174.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $200.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $200.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $200.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $200.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $200.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $200.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $200.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $248.80 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $267.46 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $298.56 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $303.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $363.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $363.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $413.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $420.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $435.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | COMM | $442.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $442.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Oscar | HIX | $491.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $497.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OON | $518.00 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $552.33 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $559.79 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $609.55 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $621.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $655.58 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $668.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $684.19 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $684.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $684.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $684.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $684.19 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $696.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $721.51 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $732.70 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $732.70 | ↓ -41% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $747.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $760.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $790.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $831.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $833.47 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $848.00 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $848.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $870.79 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $870.79 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $883.23 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $932.99 | ↓ -25% |
| United | SmallGroup | $975.00 | ↓ -22% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $995.18 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $995.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,057.38 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,092.00 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,092.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,107.14 | ↓ -11% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,123.00 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,148.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,164.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,165.00 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,200.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,243.98 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,243.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,243.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,295.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,300.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,300.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,300.00 | ↑ +5% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,400.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,644.00 | ↑ +32% |
| United | STARKids | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STAR | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPerinate | not published by hospital | — |
| United | CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPLUS | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $469.39 | $132.99 – $6,299.00 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $298.65 | not published |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $463.00 | $150.87 – $407.34 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $463.00 | $154.24 – $416.46 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $873.97 | $492.65 – $492.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $481.37 | $99.08 – $1,718.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $561.69 | $112.34 – $1,718.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $469.39 | $125.17 – $1,718.00 |