Lactic acid 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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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.

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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.

$6.94 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,160.12 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.

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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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $6.94
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $6.94
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $9.57
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.72
United CHIP $9.72
United STARPLUS $9.72
United STARPerinate $9.72
Amerigroup CHIP $9.72
United STAR $9.72
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.72
United STARKids $9.72
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.21
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.50
Molina CHIP $10.69
Molina MCDSTAR $10.69
Molina STARKIDS $10.69
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.69
WellMed MGMCR $11.51
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $11.57
Devoted Health MME $11.57
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.57
Devoted Health MCR $11.57
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.57
Devoted Health PPO $11.57
Devoted Health SNP $11.57
Devoted Health HMO $11.57
BCBS MCRPPO $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
Devoted Health POS $11.57
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.57
Humana MGMCR $11.57
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.57
United SmallGroup $11.57
United MGMCR $11.63
Aetna MCR $11.67
Care N Care MGMCR $11.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.80
Integranet MGMCR $11.92
WellCare MGMCR $11.92
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.15
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.15
Humana MGMCD $12.15
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.15
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.26
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.26
Humana Tricare $12.46
Molina MMP $12.61
Molina MCR $12.61
Molina MME $12.61
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.73
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.85
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.88
Aetna QHPHIX $14.71
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.04
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.36
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.36
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.36
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.36
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.36
BCBS BluePremier $17.59
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.25
Aetna NewBusiness $20.26
Superior ValueHMO $20.71
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $21.06
BCBS BlueEssentials $21.06
Aetna COMM $21.58
Aetna Meritain $21.58
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $21.98
BCBS EPOSOA $22.10
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.91
BCBS PPO $23.14
Aetna OON $25.40
Superior HMO $25.92
Superior EPO $25.92
Oscar HIX $30.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.31
Cigna LocalPlus $43.92
Cigna NewBusiness $43.96
Cigna HMO $49.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.06
Cigna NetworkBenefit $49.06
Cigna AllOther $62.09
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $81.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.21
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $81.21
Humana COMM $118.69
Optum Health MCD $127.61
Cigna IFP $156.62
Cigna QHP $162.42
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $232.02
United OptionsPPO $249.43
Unicare CHIP $278.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $284.23
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $295.83
Evry Health COMM $299.31
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $392.12
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $406.04
Prominence Health Plan HIX $464.05
BCBS Traditional $515.09
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $522.05
City of McKinney COMM $522.05
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $568.46
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $580.06
Aetna ASA $611.38
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $638.07
Cigna Lifesource COMM $638.07
Aetna WCOMP $638.07
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $638.07
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $638.07
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $649.67
Averde Health, Inc PPO $672.87
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $683.31
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $683.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $777.28
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $812.08
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $812.08
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $812.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $823.69
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $870.09
USC Health Services COMM $928.10
USA Managed Care COMM $928.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $986.10
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,032.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,160.12
Unicare MCD $1,160.12
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,160.12
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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