Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) 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.

$25.77 with BCBS vs $529.77 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 BlueAdvantageHMO $25.77
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.77
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.08
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $37.08
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $37.08
BCBS BlueEssentials $45.63
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $45.63
BCBS EPOSOA $47.88
BCBS PPO $50.13
Optum Health MCD $58.27
Cigna IFP $71.52
Cigna QHP $74.17
Humana COMM $84.56
Aetna QHPHIX $86.35
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $100.66
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $105.95
United OptionsPPO $113.90
Aetna NewBusiness $126.09
Unicare CHIP $127.14
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $129.79
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $135.09
Aetna Meritain $135.62
Aetna COMM $135.62
Evry Health COMM $136.68
Aetna OON $158.93
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $179.06
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $185.42
Curative Administrators COMM $211.91
Prominence Health Plan HIX $211.91
BCBS Traditional $235.22
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $238.40
City of McKinney COMM $238.40
Cigna NewBusiness $258.89
Cigna LocalPlus $258.89
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $259.59
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $264.88
Aetna ASA $279.19
Cigna NetworkBenefit $289.29
Cigna HMO $289.29
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $289.29
Aetna WCOMP $291.37
Cigna Lifesource COMM $291.37
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $291.37
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $291.37
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $291.37
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $296.67
Averde Health, Inc PPO $307.27
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $312.03
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $312.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $354.95
Cigna AllOther $365.78
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $370.84
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $370.84
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $370.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $376.14
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $397.33
USA Managed Care COMM $423.82
USC Health Services COMM $423.82
Galaxy Health Network PPO $450.30
Optum Health (URN) COMM $471.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $529.77
Unicare MCD $529.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $529.77

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