Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
$0.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $5.51 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.
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 | CHIP | $0.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $0.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $0.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $0.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $0.01 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $0.02 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $0.03 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $0.03 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $0.03 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $0.04 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $0.04 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $0.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $0.05 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $0.05 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $0.05 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $0.06 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $0.06 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $0.08 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $0.08 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $0.09 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $0.09 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $0.10 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $0.10 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $0.10 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $0.10 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $0.10 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $0.10 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $0.10 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $0.11 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $0.11 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $0.11 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $0.11 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $0.13 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $0.13 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $0.13 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $0.13 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $0.14 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $0.15 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $0.15 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $0.16 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $0.17 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $0.19 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $0.19 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $0.19 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $0.20 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $0.24 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.24 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $0.35 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $0.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.37 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.39 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $0.48 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.49 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.68 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.68 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.68 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $3.03 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $3.03 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $3.38 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.38 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $3.38 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $4.28 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $4.41 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $5.51 | — |
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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $58.32 | $0.47 – $8.06 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $58.70 | $0.09 – $0.09 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $27.00 | $0.33 – $0.33 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $43.75 | $0.33 – $1.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $0.49 – $5.51 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $190.78 | $0.27 – $0.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $58.32 | $0.47 – $6.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $58.32 | $0.47 – $5.35 |