Kit case 4.2mm spinejack at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$4,042.71 with BCBS vs $62,113.00 with Unicare — 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 |
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| BCBS | BluePremier | $4,042.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $4,347.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $4,347.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $4,347.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $4,347.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $4,347.91 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $8,385.25 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $8,695.82 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $10,124.42 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $11,801.47 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $12,422.60 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $12,919.50 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $13,354.30 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $14,782.89 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $14,907.12 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $15,341.91 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $15,341.91 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $15,838.82 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $15,900.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $15,900.93 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $16,397.83 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $16,397.83 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $18,323.33 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $18,323.33 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $18,323.33 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $18,633.90 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $19,248.82 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $19,814.05 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $19,814.05 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20,807.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $21,739.55 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $21,739.55 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $23,168.15 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $24,845.20 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $24,845.20 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $27,578.17 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $27,950.85 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $27,950.85 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $31,056.50 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $32,733.55 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $34,162.15 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $34,162.15 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $34,162.15 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $34,162.15 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $34,783.28 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $36,025.54 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $36,584.56 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $36,584.56 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $43,479.10 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $43,479.10 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $43,479.10 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $44,100.23 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $46,584.75 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $49,690.40 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $52,796.05 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $62,113.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Kit case 4.2mm spinejack at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $9,996.00 | not published |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $10,051.86 | $6,052.42 – $20,633.25 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $13,775.74 | $2,846.99 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5,836.60 | $4,249.05 – $30,016.80 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $13,775.74 | $2,982.56 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $13,775.74 | $2,982.56 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $5,836.60 | $6,670.40 – $28,349.20 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $13,775.74 | $2,982.56 – $13,557.08 |