Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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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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.

$137.46 with Optum Health vs $7,113.00 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
Optum Health MCD $137.46
Cigna IFP $168.70
Cigna QHP $174.95
WellMed MGMCR $240.89
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $249.93
United OptionsPPO $268.67
Unicare CHIP $299.91
BCBS BluePremier $302.95
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $422.37
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $437.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $461.42
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $461.42
Prominence Health Plan HIX $499.85
BCBS BlueEssentials $524.34
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $524.34
BCBS EPOSOA $549.97
BCBS Traditional $554.84
City of McKinney COMM $562.33
BCBS PPO $575.61
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $612.32
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $624.82
Aetna ASA $658.56
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $687.30
Cigna Lifesource COMM $687.30
Aetna WCOMP $687.30
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $687.30
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $687.30
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $699.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $724.79
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $736.03
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $736.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $837.25
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $874.74
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $874.74
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $874.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $887.24
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $937.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
USC Health Services COMM $999.70
USA Managed Care COMM $999.70
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,062.19
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,112.17
Unicare MCD $1,249.63
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,249.63
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,249.63
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $7,113.00

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Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $627.02 $111.00 – $783.78
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $298.80 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,253.36 $291.30 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $696.17 $71.00 – $1,044.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $478.87 $71.00 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $627.02 $167.21 – $783.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $696.17 $85.00 – $1,044.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $696.17 $359.69 – $1,044.25

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