Esophagoscopy lesion ablate 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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $12,499.00 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.

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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 STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $1,441.71
United STARPerinate $1,463.66
United STARKids $1,463.66
United STAR $1,463.66
United STARPLUS $1,463.66
United CHIP $1,463.66
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,463.66
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,463.66
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,463.66
Amerigroup CHIP $1,536.84
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,536.84
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,536.84
Molina STARKIDS $1,610.03
Molina MCDSTAR $1,610.03
Molina CHIP $1,610.03
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,610.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,756.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,756.39
Humana MGMCD $1,829.58
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $3,510.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,650.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,892.41
BCBS BluePremier $3,898.80
Evry Health COMM $4,036.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,146.00
Oscar HIX $5,381.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,938.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,938.18
United SmallGroup $6,330.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6,747.93
BCBS BlueEssentials $6,747.93
BCBS EPOSOA $7,077.83
Humana COMM $7,113.00
BCBS PPO $7,407.73
Cigna LocalPlus $8,843.00
Cigna NewBusiness $8,852.00
United AllPayerAppendix $8,858.00
Cigna HMO $9,880.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9,880.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9,880.00
Cigna AllOther $12,499.00

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Esophagoscopy lesion ablate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,580.75
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,580.75
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,610.03
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,610.03
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,610.03
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,610.03
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,580.75
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $2,282.85 $1,463.66 – $1,580.75

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