Lumbar diskogram s&i at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$5,010.57
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.
$5,010.57
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.
$109.93 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $7,341.62 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.
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 | $109.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $111.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $117.18 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $120.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $120.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $122.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $139.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $167.32 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $179.24 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $179.24 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $210.22 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | COMM | $216.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $277.36 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $277.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $309.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $309.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $309.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $350.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $350.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $350.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $350.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $350.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $392.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $551.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $676.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $701.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $1,002.11 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,077.27 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,202.54 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,227.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $1,277.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,292.73 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,693.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,753.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,004.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,004.23 | ↓ -60% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,174.18 | ↓ -57% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,174.18 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,224.69 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,235.15 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,252.35 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2,252.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,254.76 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,254.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $2,455.18 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,505.28 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,640.57 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,755.81 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,755.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,755.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,755.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,755.81 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,805.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,906.13 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,951.23 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,951.23 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $3,357.08 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,507.40 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,507.40 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,507.40 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,557.50 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,757.93 | ↓ -25% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,947.38 | ↓ -21% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4,008.46 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4,008.46 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,258.98 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $4,459.41 | ↓ -11% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,010.57 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $5,010.57 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5,010.57 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $6,688.27 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $6,688.27 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $7,014.95 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,341.62 | ↑ +47% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $1,718.00 | $106.02 – $5,180.36 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $1,718.00 | $106.02 – $5,296.38 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $111.60 – $120.53 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $216.30 – $216.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,350.69 | $1,101.35 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $7,022.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |