Histochemical stains add-on at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$751.89
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$751.89
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$52.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $751.89 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $52.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $52.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $52.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $52.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $52.63 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $79.91 | ↓ -89% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $79.91 | ↓ -89% |
| United | SmallGroup | $79.91 | ↓ -89% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $82.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $101.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $103.22 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $105.26 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $106.83 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $122.99 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $122.99 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $127.91 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $127.91 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $134.23 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | PPO | $140.56 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $142.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $142.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $150.38 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMM | $151.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $151.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $156.39 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $161.66 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | OON | $178.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $180.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $184.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $191.73 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $193.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $254.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $263.16 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $270.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $271.17 | ↓ -64% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $300.76 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $302.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | HMO | $302.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $302.58 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $333.84 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $338.35 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $338.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $368.43 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $375.94 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $382.95 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $396.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $413.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $413.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $413.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $413.54 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $413.54 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $421.06 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $436.10 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $442.86 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $442.86 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $503.77 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $526.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $526.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $526.32 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $533.84 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | COMM | $534.32 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $563.92 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $601.51 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $601.51 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $639.11 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $669.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $751.89 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $751.89 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $751.89 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $190.85 | $35.00 – $253.64 |
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| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $534.32 – $534.32 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $179.04 | $30.64 – $363.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $190.85 | $35.00 – $255.82 |