Insert sq defib electrode 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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $109,000.00 with United — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Optum Health MCD $2,445.02
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna IFP $3,000.71
Cigna QHP $3,111.85
Humana COMM $3,260.94
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $4,445.49
United OptionsPPO $4,778.91
Unicare CHIP $5,334.59
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $5,984.01
United STAR $6,075.14
United STARPerinate $6,075.14
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $6,075.14
United STARPLUS $6,075.14
United CHIP $6,075.14
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6,075.14
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $6,075.14
United STARKids $6,075.14
Amerigroup CHIP $6,378.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6,378.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $6,378.90
BCBS BluePremier $6,490.42
Molina STAR+PLUS $6,682.65
Molina CHIP $6,682.65
Molina MCDSTAR $6,682.65
Molina STARKIDS $6,682.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7,290.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $7,290.17
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7,512.88
Humana MGMCD $7,593.93
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $7,779.61
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
WellMed MGMCR $8,354.67
Prominence Health Plan HIX $8,890.99
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $9,359.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9,733.00
BCBS Traditional $9,869.00
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00
City of McKinney COMM $10,002.36
Evry Health COMM $10,763.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $10,891.46
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $11,113.74
Aetna ASA $11,713.88
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $12,225.11
Aetna WCOMP $12,225.11
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $12,225.11
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $12,225.11
Cigna Lifesource COMM $12,225.11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $12,447.38
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12,891.93
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $13,091.98
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $13,091.98
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $14,892.40
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $15,130.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15,130.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $15,559.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $15,559.23
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $15,559.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,781.50
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $16,670.60
BCBS BlueEssentials $17,194.16
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17,194.16
USA Managed Care COMM $17,781.98
USC Health Services COMM $17,781.98
BCBS EPOSOA $18,034.77
Cigna LocalPlus $18,151.00
Cigna NewBusiness $18,169.00
BCBS PPO $18,875.37
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18,893.35
Optum Health (URN) COMM $19,782.45
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20,280.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20,280.00
Cigna HMO $20,280.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $22,227.47
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22,227.47
Unicare MCD $22,227.47
Cigna AllOther $25,655.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $62,381.00
United SmallGroup $78,221.00
United AllPayerAppendix $109,000.00

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,133.56 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $8,937.30 $6,075.14 – $6,561.15
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $3,260.94 – $3,260.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $12,415.17 $2,555.46 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $11,335.59 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,133.56 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $12,415.17 $6,500.40 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $12,415.17 $6,075.14 – $21,045.99

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