Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) 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.
$2,369.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $105,582.00 with Cigna — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,369.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2,369.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2,369.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,369.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,369.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,250.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $6,945.49 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $7,051.26 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $7,051.26 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $7,051.26 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $7,051.26 | — |
| United | STARKids | $7,051.26 | — |
| United | STAR | $7,051.26 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $7,051.26 | — |
| United | CHIP | $7,051.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $7,403.82 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $7,403.82 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $7,403.82 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $7,756.39 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $7,756.39 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $7,756.39 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $7,756.39 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $8,189.00 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $8,461.51 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $8,461.51 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $8,517.00 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $8,814.08 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $11,278.45 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $12,210.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $14,553.00 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $15,470.92 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $17,701.79 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $19,500.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $21,630.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $31,148.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $35,974.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $43,675.61 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $43,675.61 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $47,602.84 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $47,602.84 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $49,982.98 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $52,363.12 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $64,800.00 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $74,700.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $74,776.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $83,464.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $83,464.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $83,464.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $105,582.00 | — |
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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | not published | $7,038.00 – $46,166.33 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $7,051.26 – $7,615.36 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $11,278.45 – $11,278.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,428.66 | $71.00 – $46,166.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $10,629.07 | $71.00 – $46,166.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,428.66 | $85.00 – $46,166.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,428.66 | $4,523.88 – $46,166.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $10,629.07 | $71.00 – $46,166.33 |