External recharg sys extern 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.

$19.99 with Humana vs $116.53 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $19.99
BCBS MCRPPO $20.21
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.21
WellMed MGMCR $20.51
Devoted Health MCR $20.61
Devoted Health MME $20.61
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $20.61
Devoted Health SNP $20.61
Devoted Health PPO $20.61
Humana MGMCR $20.61
Devoted Health POS $20.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.61
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $20.61
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.61
Devoted Health HMO $20.61
United MGMCR $20.71
Aetna MCR $20.79
Care N Care MGMCR $20.82
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $21.02
WellCare MGMCR $21.23
Integranet MGMCR $21.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $21.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $21.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $21.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $21.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $21.64
ProCare Advantge MCR $21.64
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $21.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $21.64
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $21.85
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $21.85
Molina MME $22.46
Molina MMP $22.46
Molina MCR $22.46
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $22.67
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.73
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $26.79
Bravo Health MCRPPO $30.91
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $30.91
Bravo Health MCRSNP $30.91
Bravo Health MCRHMO $30.91
Bravo Health MCRPOS $30.91
Superior ValueHMO $36.89
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $39.16
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.81
Superior EPO $46.17
Superior HMO $46.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.00
Humana COMM $116.53

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MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $20.61 – $54.00
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