Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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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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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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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$18.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $259.07 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.

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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

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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $18.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.13
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $18.13
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.13
Optum Health MCD $28.50
BCBS BluePremier $32.31
Cigna IFP $34.97
Cigna QHP $36.27
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $37.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.65
Aetna QHPHIX $42.23
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $51.81
Oscar HIX $53.89
United OptionsPPO $55.70
Aetna NewBusiness $61.66
Unicare CHIP $62.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $63.47
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $66.06
Aetna Meritain $66.32
Aetna COMM $66.32
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $66.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $66.67
Evry Health COMM $66.84
Cigna NewBusiness $68.39
Cigna LocalPlus $68.39
BCBS EPOSOA $69.96
BCBS PPO $73.24
Cigna NetworkBenefit $76.43
Cigna HMO $76.43
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.43
Aetna OON $77.72
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94
United SmallGroup $78.94
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $87.57
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $90.67
Humana COMM $95.29
Cigna AllOther $96.63
Prominence Health Plan HIX $103.63
Curative Administrators COMM $103.63
BCBS Traditional $115.03
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $116.58
City of McKinney COMM $116.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $126.94
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $129.53
Aetna ASA $136.53
Aetna WCOMP $142.49
Cigna Lifesource COMM $142.49
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $142.49
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $142.49
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $142.49
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $145.08
Averde Health, Inc PPO $150.26
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $152.59
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $152.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $173.58
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $181.35
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $181.35
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $181.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $183.94
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $194.30
USA Managed Care COMM $207.26
USC Health Services COMM $207.26
Galaxy Health Network PPO $220.21
Optum Health (URN) COMM $230.57
Unicare MCD $259.07
Independent Medical Systems COMM $259.07
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $259.07

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $59.70 $18.59 – $18.59
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $171.50 $46.01 – $124.22
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $171.50 $47.04 – $127.01
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $95.29 – $95.29
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71

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