ER Visit (level 3) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$2,137.61
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.
$2,137.61
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 $3,005.00 with United — 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 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $64.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $77.04 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $77.04 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $200.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | CHIP | $200.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $200.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $200.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $235.14 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $288.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $299.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $350.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $356.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $356.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $356.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $356.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $356.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $356.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $363.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $363.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $427.52 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $459.59 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $513.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $690.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $722.51 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $748.16 | ↓ -65% |
| Oscar | HIX | $855.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $855.04 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $861.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $946.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $949.10 | ↓ -56% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $954.00 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $961.92 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $992.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,010.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,010.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,047.43 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,057.00 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,057.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,064.00 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,068.81 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,126.52 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,175.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,175.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,175.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,175.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,175.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,189.00 | ↓ -44% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,197.06 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,239.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,259.05 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,259.05 | ↓ -41% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,359.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,365.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,365.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,432.20 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,435.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,496.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,496.33 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,498.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,517.70 | ↓ -29% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,545.00 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,603.21 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,710.09 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,710.09 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,816.97 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,829.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,831.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,856.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,902.47 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,929.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,044.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,044.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,044.00 | ↓ -4% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,137.61 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,137.61 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,137.61 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,585.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,005.00 | ↑ +41% |
| United | STARKids | not published by hospital | — |
| United | CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPLUS | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STAR | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPerinate | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $770.04 | $218.18 – $6,299.00 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $579.15 | not published |
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| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $978.00 | $274.22 – $740.40 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,470.35 | $859.86 – $859.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $886.75 | $182.52 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,006.17 | $201.23 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $770.04 | $205.34 – $2,691.00 |