Insert cath pleura with image 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.

$181.11 with United vs $7,113.00 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
United STARPerinate $181.11
United STARPLUS $181.11
United STARKids $181.11
United STAR $181.11
United CHIP $181.11
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $439.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $446.27
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $446.27
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $446.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $468.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $468.58
Amerigroup CHIP $468.58
Molina CHIP $490.90
Molina MCDSTAR $490.90
Molina STARKIDS $490.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $490.90
Optum Health MCD $525.58
Aetna Better Health CHIP $535.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $535.52
Humana MGMCD $557.84
Cigna IFP $645.03
Cigna QHP $668.92
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $955.60
United OptionsPPO $1,027.27
Unicare CHIP $1,146.72
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,170.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,589.23
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,614.96
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,672.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,796.00
United SmallGroup $1,833.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,911.20
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,120.47
BCBS Traditional $2,121.43
City of McKinney COMM $2,150.10
Cigna LocalPlus $2,187.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,190.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,341.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,388.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,444.00
Cigna HMO $2,444.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,444.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna ASA $2,518.00
Aetna WCOMP $2,627.89
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,627.89
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,627.89
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,627.89
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,627.89
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,675.67
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,771.23
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,814.24
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,814.24
Cigna AllOther $3,092.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,201.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,229.64
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,229.64
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,344.59
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,344.59
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,344.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,392.37
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,583.49
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,670.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,670.04
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
USA Managed Care COMM $3,822.39
USC Health Services COMM $3,822.39
BCBS EPOSOA $3,849.47
BCBS PPO $4,028.89
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,061.29
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,252.41
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Unicare MCD $4,777.99
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,777.99
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,777.99
Humana COMM $7,113.00

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,414.10 $446.27 – $481.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,952.51 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,579.11 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,952.51 $85.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,952.51 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,579.11 $71.00 – $3,967.42

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