Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) 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.
$27.54 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,932.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $27.54 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $27.96 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $27.96 | — |
| United | STARKids | $27.96 | — |
| United | STAR | $27.96 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $27.96 | — |
| United | CHIP | $27.96 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $27.96 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $27.96 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $29.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $29.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $29.36 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $30.76 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $30.76 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $30.76 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $30.76 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $33.55 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $33.55 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $34.95 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $189.96 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $189.96 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $189.96 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $189.96 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $199.59 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $208.90 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $280.54 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $309.89 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $344.29 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $357.04 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $510.06 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $533.02 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $612.08 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $862.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,020.13 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,055.83 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,147.64 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,147.64 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,249.66 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,275.16 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,287.91 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,402.68 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,402.68 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,402.68 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,402.68 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,402.68 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,428.18 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,461.33 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,461.33 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,479.19 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,481.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,580.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,708.71 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,785.22 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,785.22 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,810.73 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,912.74 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,912.74 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,040.26 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,040.26 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,152.00 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,167.77 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,187.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,190.00 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $2,269.78 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,444.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,444.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,444.00 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,550.32 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,550.32 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,550.32 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,092.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $4,693.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $5,014.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $5,014.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $5,932.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $715.37 | $27.96 – $894.22 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $441.30 | $27.96 – $30.20 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $29.36 – $29.36 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $658.01 | $38.80 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $592.44 | $29.92 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,080.06 | $27.96 – $1,350.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $715.37 | $27.96 – $894.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $592.44 | $29.92 – $888.66 |