External newborn metabolic screening panel at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$670.80
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$670.80
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$46.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $670.80 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $46.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $46.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $46.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $46.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $46.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $73.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $90.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $93.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $127.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | HMO | $134.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $134.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $134.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $134.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $139.53 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $144.22 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $145.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $160.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $164.35 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $165.69 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $165.69 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $167.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $173.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $177.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $177.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Tricare | $177.80 | ↓ -73% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $183.30 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $195.87 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $197.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $197.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $197.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $200.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | COMM | $213.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $213.44 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $213.99 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $213.99 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $224.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $226.73 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $234.78 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $250.21 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OON | $251.19 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $268.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $268.32 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $297.84 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $301.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $301.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $328.69 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $335.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $353.51 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $368.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $368.94 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $368.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $368.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $368.94 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $375.65 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $389.06 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $395.10 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $395.10 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | COMM | $395.17 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $449.44 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $469.56 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $469.56 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $469.56 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $476.27 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $503.10 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $536.64 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $536.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $570.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $597.01 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $670.80 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $670.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $670.80 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
External newborn metabolic screening panel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $83.43 | $10.00 – $118.19 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $176.10 | $20.75 – $20.75 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $71.00 | $610.58 – $718.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $183.30 – $395.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $59.29 | $12.00 – $88.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $59.29 | $11.86 – $74.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $83.43 | $10.00 – $118.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $59.29 | $12.00 – $88.94 |