Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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 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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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.

$1.85 with Superior Health Plan vs $32.97 with BCBS — 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 STARKids $1.85
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.85
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.85
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.85
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.85
Humana Tricare $2.23
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.30
Optum Health MCD $2.90
Cigna IFP $3.56
Cigna QHP $3.69
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
United SmallGroup $3.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93
Aetna QHPHIX $4.30
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $5.28
United OptionsPPO $5.67
Aetna NewBusiness $6.28
Unicare CHIP $6.33
Aetna Meritain $6.75
Aetna COMM $6.75
Aetna OON $7.91
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8.92
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $9.23
Prominence Health Plan HIX $10.55
BCBS Traditional $11.71
City of McKinney COMM $11.87
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $12.93
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $13.19
Aetna ASA $13.90
Cigna Lifesource COMM $14.51
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $14.51
Aetna WCOMP $14.51
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $14.51
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $14.51
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $14.77
Cigna LocalPlus $14.89
Cigna NewBusiness $14.90
Averde Health, Inc PPO $15.30
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $15.54
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $15.54
BCBS BluePremier $16.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.63
Cigna HMO $16.63
Cigna NetworkBenefit $16.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $17.67
Humana COMM $17.96
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $18.47
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $18.47
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $18.73
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $19.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.49
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.49
Cigna AllOther $21.04
USA Managed Care COMM $21.10
USC Health Services COMM $21.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $22.42
Optum Health (URN) COMM $23.48
Unicare MCD $26.38
Independent Medical Systems COMM $26.38
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $26.38
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.00
BCBS EPOSOA $31.48
BCBS PPO $32.97

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.00 $2.86 – $31.88
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $30.00 $7.75 – $7.75
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $2.30 – $17.96
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.56 $22.87 – $22.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $56.23 $2.86 – $28.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27.00 $2.86 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75

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