Evaluation heart device 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

$6,556.62

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.

$6,556.62

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.

$442.26 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 BluePremier $442.26 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $515.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $515.35 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $721.23 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $885.14 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $912.64 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $912.64 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $917.93 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $957.61 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $1,002.59 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,068.73 ↓ -84%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,245.76 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,311.32 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $1,363.78 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,409.67 ↓ -79%
United SmallGroup $1,454.00 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,560.48 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $1,573.59 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $1,678.49 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $1,678.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,730.95 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,730.95 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,934.20 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $1,934.20 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,934.20 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $1,966.99 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,216.14 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,294.82 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $2,445.62 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,622.65 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,911.14 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,950.48 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,212.74 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,278.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,455.34 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,606.14 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,606.14 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,606.14 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,606.14 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,606.14 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,671.71 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,802.84 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,861.85 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,861.85 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $4,392.94 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,589.63 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,589.63 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,589.63 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,655.20 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,917.47 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,245.30 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,245.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,573.13 ↓ -15%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -15%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5,591.00 ↓ -15%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5,591.00 ↓ -15%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -15%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $5,835.39 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,556.62 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $6,556.62 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,556.62 ↑ +0%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $8,300.00 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $25,737.00 ↑ +293%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26,766.00 ↑ +308%
Humana COMM $27,514.00 ↑ +320%
Evry Health COMM $29,597.00 ↑ +351%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +569%

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