Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
not published by hospital
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.
not published by hospital
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.
$43.88 with Optum Health vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optum Health | MCD | $43.88 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $53.86 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $55.85 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $75.80 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $79.79 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $82.98 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $85.77 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $95.74 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $97.74 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $98.54 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $98.54 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $105.32 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $105.32 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $113.53 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $116.49 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $117.68 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $117.68 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $117.68 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $127.26 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $127.26 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $133.64 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $134.84 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $139.63 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $139.63 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $148.80 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $150.19 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $151.96 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $159.57 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $177.12 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $179.52 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $195.48 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $199.47 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $210.24 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $219.41 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $219.41 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $219.41 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $219.41 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $219.41 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $223.40 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $231.38 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $234.97 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $234.97 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $235.60 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $267.28 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $279.25 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $279.25 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $279.25 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $283.24 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $299.20 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $319.14 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $319.14 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $339.09 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $355.05 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $398.93 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $398.93 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $398.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,481.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $213.75 | $60.56 – $302.81 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $208.50 | not published |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $113.53 – $113.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $250.13 | $51.48 – $375.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $231.60 | $46.32 – $289.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $213.75 | $57.00 – $302.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $250.13 | $80.29 – $375.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $250.13 | $129.23 – $1,667.00 |