Lumbar or lumbar rib pad 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.

$98.83 with Humana vs $575.66 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $98.83
BCBS MCRPPO $99.89
BCBS MGMCRHMO $99.89
WellMed MGMCR $101.38
Devoted Health MCR $101.89
Devoted Health MME $101.89
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $101.89
Devoted Health SNP $101.89
Devoted Health PPO $101.89
Humana MGMCR $101.89
Devoted Health POS $101.89
Amerigroup DualEligible $101.89
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $101.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $101.89
Devoted Health HMO $101.89
United MGMCR $102.40
Aetna MCR $102.76
Care N Care MGMCR $102.91
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $103.93
WellCare MGMCR $104.95
Integranet MGMCR $104.95
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $106.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $106.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $106.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $106.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $106.98
ProCare Advantge MCR $106.98
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $106.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $106.98
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $108.00
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $108.00
Molina MME $111.06
Molina MMP $111.06
Molina MCR $111.06
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $112.08
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $122.27
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $132.46
Bravo Health MCRPPO $152.84
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $152.84
Bravo Health MCRSNP $152.84
Bravo Health MCRHMO $152.84
Bravo Health MCRPOS $152.84
Superior ValueHMO $182.38
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $193.59
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $201.74
Superior EPO $228.23
Superior HMO $228.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $266.95
Humana COMM $575.66

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Lumbar or lumbar rib pad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $101.89 – $266.95
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $99.85 – $219.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $99.85 – $219.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $99.85 – $219.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $99.85 – $219.06
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $99.85 – $219.06
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $99.85 – $219.06
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $99.85 – $219.06

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