Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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.

$837.83 with Optum Health vs $12,897.00 with Oscar — 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 $837.83
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Cigna IFP $1,028.25
Cigna QHP $1,066.33
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $1,101.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,118.22
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,118.22
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,118.22
United CHIP $1,118.22
United STAR $1,118.22
United STARPLUS $1,118.22
United STARPerinate $1,118.22
United STARKids $1,118.22
Amerigroup CHIP $1,174.13
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,174.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,174.13
Molina STARKIDS $1,230.04
Molina MCDSTAR $1,230.04
Molina CHIP $1,230.04
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,230.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,341.86
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,341.86
Humana MGMCD $1,397.78
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,523.33
United OptionsPPO $1,637.58
Unicare CHIP $1,828.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $2,047.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,120.47
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,187.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,190.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,444.00
Cigna HMO $2,444.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,444.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,574.43
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,665.83
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,838.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,046.66
Cigna AllOther $3,092.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,229.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,229.64
BCBS Traditional $3,381.80
City of McKinney COMM $3,427.50
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,670.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,670.04
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,732.16
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,808.33
BCBS EPOSOA $3,849.47
Aetna ASA $4,013.98
BCBS PPO $4,028.89
Humana COMM $4,116.00
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,189.16
Cigna Lifesource COMM $4,189.16
Aetna WCOMP $4,189.16
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,189.16
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,189.16
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,265.33
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,417.66
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,486.21
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,486.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $5,103.16
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,331.66
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,331.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,407.83
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,712.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,939.00
USC Health Services COMM $6,093.33
USA Managed Care COMM $6,093.33
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,474.16
Optum Health (URN) COMM $6,778.83
Unicare MCD $7,616.66
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,616.66
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,616.66
United SmallGroup $7,850.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11,220.00
Oscar HIX $12,897.00

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,899.95 $1,118.22 – $1,207.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,519.49 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,966.54 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,519.49 $85.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,519.49 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,966.54 $71.00 – $7,896.23

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