Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$613.79
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.
$613.79
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.
$42.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $613.79 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $42.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $42.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $42.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $42.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $42.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $67.52 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $82.86 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $85.93 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $100.05 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $122.76 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $127.67 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $129.82 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $131.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $146.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $147.31 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | COMM | $149.37 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $150.38 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $151.28 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $151.28 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $156.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $157.13 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $157.13 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $158.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $162.04 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $162.04 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $181.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $181.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $181.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $184.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $207.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $214.83 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $228.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $245.52 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $245.52 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $267.90 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $267.90 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $272.52 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $276.21 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $276.21 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $281.10 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | PPO | $294.30 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $300.76 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $306.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $323.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $337.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $337.58 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $337.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $337.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $337.58 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $343.72 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $356.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $361.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $361.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $411.24 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $429.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $429.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $429.65 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $435.79 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $460.34 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $491.03 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $491.03 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $521.72 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $546.27 | ↓ -11% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $613.79 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $613.79 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $613.79 | ↑ +0% |
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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $241.80 | $74.70 – $74.70 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $127.50 | $57.96 – $156.50 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $127.50 | $59.26 – $160.00 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $149.37 – $149.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $229.93 | $47.33 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $192.29 | $38.46 – $240.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |