Ibuprofen injection 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.

$2.89 with Humana vs $26.00 with Cigna — 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
Humana Tricare $2.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.98
United AllPayerAppendix $5.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.25
United SmallGroup $5.25
BCBS BluePremier $5.61
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.93
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.93
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.15
BCBS EPOSOA $10.65
BCBS PPO $11.16
Humana COMM $11.95
Cigna LocalPlus $18.40
Cigna NewBusiness $18.41
Cigna HMO $20.55
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.55
Cigna AllOther $26.00

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Ibuprofen injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $91.74 $2.62 – $2.62
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $56.75 $38.43 – $38.43
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $56.75 $38.43 – $51.87
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $2.98 – $11.95
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $418.88 $2.98 – $16.27
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $75.56 $1.81 – $84.48
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $75.56 $2.19 – $84.48
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $75.56 $2.19 – $84.48

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