Macroscopic exam parasite 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.

$2.59 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $47.42 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.59
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.59
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $3.57
United STARPLUS $3.62
United STARPerinate $3.62
Amerigroup CHIP $3.62
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.62
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.62
United CHIP $3.62
United STAR $3.62
United STARKids $3.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.80
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.91
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.98
Molina MCDSTAR $3.98
Molina CHIP $3.98
Molina STARKIDS $3.98
WellMed MGMCR $4.29
Devoted Health MME $4.31
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $4.31
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.31
Humana MGMCR $4.31
United SmallGroup $4.31
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.31
BCBS MCRPPO $4.31
Devoted Health HMO $4.31
Devoted Health PPO $4.31
Devoted Health POS $4.31
Devoted Health MCR $4.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.31
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.31
United AllPayerAppendix $4.31
Devoted Health SNP $4.31
United MGMCR $4.33
Care N Care MGMCR $4.35
Aetna MCR $4.35
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.40
Integranet MGMCR $4.44
WellCare MGMCR $4.44
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.53
Humana MGMCD $4.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.53
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.53
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.53
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.57
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.57
Humana Tricare $4.65
Molina MME $4.70
Molina MMP $4.70
Molina MCR $4.70
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.74
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.79
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.17
Aetna QHPHIX $5.49
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.60
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.46
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.46
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.46
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.46
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.46
BCBS BluePremier $6.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.54
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.54
Aetna NewBusiness $7.56
Superior ValueHMO $7.71
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.84
Aetna COMM $8.05
Aetna Meritain $8.05
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.19
BCBS EPOSOA $8.23
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.53
BCBS PPO $8.62
Aetna OON $9.48
Superior HMO $9.65
Superior EPO $9.65
Oscar HIX $11.21
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.29
Cigna LocalPlus $16.81
Cigna NewBusiness $16.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.77
Cigna HMO $18.77
Cigna NetworkBenefit $18.77
Cigna AllOther $23.76
Humana COMM $47.42
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $48.74 $3.62 – $60.93
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $12.50 $3.44 – $14.81
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $12.50 $3.44 – $19.63
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $3.62 – $8.37
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $4.31 – $11.29
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $55.40 $3.88 – $16.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $56.93 $6.32 – $85.39
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