Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$50.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $724.27 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 STARPLUS $50.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.70
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.70
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.70
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.70
Optum Health MCD $79.67
Cigna IFP $97.78
Cigna QHP $101.40
Aetna QHPHIX $118.06
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $137.61
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $142.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $142.72
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $144.85
Humana COMM $147.37
United OptionsPPO $155.72
Aetna NewBusiness $172.38
Unicare CHIP $173.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $177.45
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $184.69
Aetna Meritain $185.41
Aetna COMM $185.41
Evry Health COMM $186.86
Aetna OON $217.28
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $244.80
BCBS BlueEssentials $252.75
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $252.75
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $253.49
BCBS EPOSOA $265.21
BCBS PPO $277.66
Prominence Health Plan HIX $289.71
Curative Administrators COMM $289.71
BCBS Traditional $321.58
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $325.92
City of McKinney COMM $325.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $354.89
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $362.13
Cigna LocalPlus $375.70
Cigna NewBusiness $375.70
Aetna ASA $381.69
Aetna WCOMP $398.35
Cigna Lifesource COMM $398.35
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $398.35
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $398.35
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $398.35
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $405.59
Cigna NetworkBenefit $419.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $419.82
Cigna HMO $419.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $420.08
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $426.60
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $426.60
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $485.26
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $506.99
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $506.99
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $506.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $514.23
Cigna AllOther $530.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $543.20
USA Managed Care COMM $579.42
USC Health Services COMM $579.42
Galaxy Health Network PPO $615.63
Optum Health (URN) COMM $644.60
Unicare MCD $724.27
Independent Medical Systems COMM $724.27
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $724.27

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $710.40 $70.48 – $70.48
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $211.00 $61.39 – $209.30
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $211.00 $61.39 – $213.99
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $34.00 – $147.37
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