Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$11,838.45
Cash price 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.
$11,838.45
Gross charge 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.
$160.37 with BCBS vs $11,838.45 with Independent Medical Systems — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $160.37 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $198.31 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $198.31 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $285.62 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $285.62 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $285.62 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $290.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $290.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $304.64 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $319.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | COMM | $387.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $444.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $444.70 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $496.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | HMO | $496.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $496.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $627.89 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $828.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $828.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $828.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $828.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $828.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $1,302.23 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,598.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,657.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,929.67 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $2,367.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $2,367.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $2,367.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $2,367.69 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,545.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $2,817.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,841.23 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,959.61 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,030.64 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,030.64 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $3,551.53 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $4,001.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $4,143.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $4,735.38 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,256.27 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $5,327.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $5,800.84 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $5,919.23 | ↓ -50% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $6,511.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $6,511.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $6,511.15 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $6,511.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $6,511.15 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $6,629.53 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $6,866.30 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $6,972.85 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $6,972.85 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $7,931.76 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $8,286.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $8,286.92 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,405.30 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $8,878.84 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $9,470.76 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $9,470.76 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $10,062.68 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $10,536.22 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $11,838.45 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $11,838.45 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $11,838.45 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $4,091.60 | $75.01 – $205.43 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $387.09 – $387.09 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $299.03 | $51.73 – $854.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $299.03 | $62.65 – $854.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $299.03 | $62.65 – $854.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $299.03 | $62.65 – $854.36 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $4,091.60 | $75.01 – $205.43 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $4,091.60 | $117.72 – $205.43 |