Hydrocolld drg <=16 without bdr 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.

$7.98 with BCBS vs $52.65 with Humana — 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.98
BCBS BluePremier $9.04
Humana Tricare $9.05
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.15
BCBS MCRPPO $9.15
WellMed MGMCR $9.28
Devoted Health PPO $9.33
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.33
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.33
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.33
Humana MGMCR $9.33
Devoted Health SNP $9.33
Devoted Health HMO $9.33
Devoted Health POS $9.33
Devoted Health MCR $9.33
Devoted Health MME $9.33
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $9.33
United MGMCR $9.38
Aetna MCR $9.41
Care N Care MGMCR $9.42
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.52
WellCare MGMCR $9.61
Integranet MGMCR $9.61
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.80
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.80
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.89
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.89
Molina MCR $10.17
Molina MMP $10.17
Molina MME $10.17
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.26
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.26
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.26
BCBS EPOSOA $10.79
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.20
BCBS PPO $11.25
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.13
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.00
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.00
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.00
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.00
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.00
Superior ValueHMO $16.70
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.73
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.47
Superior EPO $20.90
Superior HMO $20.90
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.44
Humana COMM $52.65

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Hydrocolld drg <=16 without bdr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $4.46 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $9.33 – $24.44
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $14.00 $9.14 – $20.06
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $17.31 $8.74 – $8.74
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $3.00 $4.99 – $19.95
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $4.46 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $4.46 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $4.46 not published

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