Frozen cell preparation 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

$671.23

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.

$671.23

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.

$7.25 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $671.23 with Unicare — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7.25 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7.25 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $10.01 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $10.16 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $10.16 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.16 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.16 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $10.16 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $10.16 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $10.16 ↓ -98%
United STAR $10.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.97 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.97 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $11.18 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $11.18 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $11.18 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $11.18 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $12.03 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $12.09 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $12.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $12.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $12.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $12.09 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $12.09 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $12.09 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $12.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.09 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $12.09 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $12.19 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $12.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $12.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $12.45 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $12.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.69 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.69 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.69 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.69 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.69 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.69 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.69 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.69 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $12.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.82 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.82 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $13.03 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $13.18 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $13.18 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $13.18 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $13.30 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.43 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.51 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $15.37 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.72 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $18.13 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $18.13 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $18.13 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $18.13 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $18.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $18.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21.16 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $21.17 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $21.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $22.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $22.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $22.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $22.55 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $22.97 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $23.09 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $24.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $26.54 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $27.08 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $27.08 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $31.43 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.68 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalPlus $46.49 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $46.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $46.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $46.99 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.92 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $51.92 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $51.92 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $65.72 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $73.84 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $90.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $93.97 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $112.21 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $134.25 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $144.31 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $161.10 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $164.45 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $171.16 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $173.18 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $226.88 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $234.93 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $268.49 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $298.03 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $302.05 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $302.05 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $328.90 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $335.62 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $353.74 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $369.18 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $369.18 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $369.18 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $369.18 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $369.18 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $375.89 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $389.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $395.35 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $395.35 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $449.72 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $469.86 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $469.86 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $469.86 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $476.57 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $503.42 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $536.98 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $536.98 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $570.55 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $597.39 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $671.23 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $671.23 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $671.23 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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