Intro catheter aorta 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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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.

$622.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $8,892.88 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 MCDSTAR $622.50
Superior Health Plan STARKids $622.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $622.50
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $622.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $622.50
Optum Health MCD $978.22
Cigna IFP $1,200.54
Cigna QHP $1,245.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,689.65
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,778.58
United OptionsPPO $1,911.97
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Unicare CHIP $2,134.29
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,196.54
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2,196.54
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,559.02
Cigna NewBusiness $2,559.02
BCBS BluePremier $2,596.72
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,836.83
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,836.83
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,859.51
Cigna HMO $2,859.51
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,859.51
Humana COMM $2,860.12
BCBS EPOSOA $2,979.11
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,005.79
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $3,112.51
BCBS PPO $3,112.51
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,557.15
Cigna AllOther $3,615.58
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
BCBS Traditional $3,948.44
City of McKinney COMM $4,001.80
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $4,357.51
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,446.44
Aetna ASA $4,686.55
Cigna Lifesource COMM $4,891.08
Aetna WCOMP $4,891.08
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,891.08
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,891.08
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,891.08
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,980.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,157.87
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5,237.91
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5,237.91
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $5,958.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,225.02
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,225.02
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $6,225.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,313.94
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,669.66
USC Health Services COMM $7,114.30
USA Managed Care COMM $7,114.30
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,558.95
Optum Health (URN) COMM $7,914.66
Unicare MCD $8,892.88
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,892.88
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,892.88
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Intro catheter aorta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,597.66 $736.00 – $3,680.02
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,654.05 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $2,860.12 – $2,860.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $988.48 $71.00 – $1,482.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,634.05 $71.00 – $2,042.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,597.66 $692.71 – $3,680.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $988.48 $85.00 – $1,482.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $988.48 $510.71 – $1,482.71

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