Interrog dev eval scrms ip 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

$252.87

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.

$252.87

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.

$17.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $252.87 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 CHIP $17.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $17.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $17.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.70 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $27.82 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $34.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $35.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $41.22 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $50.57 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $52.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS BluePremier $54.26 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $54.37 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $60.18 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $60.69 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $61.95 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $63.22 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $63.22 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $64.73 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $64.73 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $65.24 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $66.76 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $66.76 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $74.60 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $74.60 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $74.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $75.86 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $85.47 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $88.50 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $94.32 ↓ -63%
Humana COMM $98.72 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $101.15 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $101.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentials $111.96 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $111.96 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $112.27 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $113.79 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $113.79 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $117.48 ↓ -54%
BCBS PPO $123.00 ↓ -51%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $123.91 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $126.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $133.26 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $139.08 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $139.08 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $139.08 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $139.08 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $139.08 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $141.61 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $146.66 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $148.94 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $148.94 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $169.42 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $177.01 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $177.01 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $177.01 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $179.54 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $189.65 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $202.30 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $202.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $214.94 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $225.05 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $252.87 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $252.87 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $252.87 ↑ +0%

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