Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$554.35

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.

$554.35

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.

$38.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.17 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $38.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $38.80 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $60.98 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $74.84 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $77.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $90.36 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $110.87 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $115.30 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $119.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $131.94 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $133.04 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $135.82 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $141.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $141.91 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $141.91 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $143.02 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $146.35 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $146.35 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $163.53 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $163.53 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $163.53 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $166.31 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $187.37 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $188.07 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $194.02 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $206.77 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $221.74 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $221.74 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $246.13 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $249.46 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $249.46 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $271.63 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $277.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $292.14 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $304.89 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $304.89 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $304.89 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $304.89 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $304.89 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $310.44 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $321.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $326.51 ↓ -41%
BCBS BluePremier $326.51 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $326.51 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $371.41 ↓ -33%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $380.46 ↓ -31%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $380.46 ↓ -31%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $388.05 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $388.05 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $388.05 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $393.59 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $415.76 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $443.48 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $443.48 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $471.20 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $493.37 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $554.35 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $554.35 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $554.35 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $673.76 ↑ +22%
BCBS BlueEssentials $673.76 ↑ +22%
BCBS EPOSOA $706.97 ↑ +28%
BCBS PPO $740.17 ↑ +34%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $405.67 $114.94 – $507.09
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $356.85 $187.88 – $187.88
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $189.50 $167.05 – $572.82
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $189.50 $167.05 – $585.65
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $188.07 – $188.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $539.93 $111.14 – $809.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $600.80 $120.16 – $751.00
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