Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen 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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $374.33 with Unicare — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $0.02
Aetna COMM $0.03
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03
Aetna Meritain $0.03
Aetna OON $0.04
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $9.28
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $9.42
United CHIP $9.42
United STAR $9.42
United STARKids $9.42
United STARPLUS $9.42
United STARPerinate $9.42
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.42
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.42
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.42
Amerigroup CHIP $9.42
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $9.89
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.17
Molina STARKIDS $10.36
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.36
Molina CHIP $10.36
Molina MCDSTAR $10.36
Humana MGMCD $11.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $26.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $26.20
Optum Health MCD $41.18
Cigna IFP $50.53
Cigna QHP $52.41
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $71.12
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $74.87
Oscar HIX $77.86
United OptionsPPO $80.48
Unicare CHIP $89.84
Cigna LocalPlus $91.69
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $91.71
Cigna NewBusiness $91.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $92.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $92.46
Humana COMM $94.21
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $95.45
Evry Health COMM $96.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $102.41
Cigna HMO $102.41
BCBS BluePremier $109.30
BCBS BlueEssentials $119.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $119.41
BCBS EPOSOA $125.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $126.52
Cigna AllOther $129.62
BCBS PPO $131.02
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $131.02
Prominence Health Plan HIX $149.73
BCBS Traditional $166.20
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $168.45
City of McKinney COMM $168.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $183.42
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $187.16
Aetna ASA $197.27
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $205.88
Cigna Lifesource COMM $205.88
Aetna WCOMP $205.88
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $205.88
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $205.88
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $209.62
Averde Health, Inc PPO $217.11
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $220.48
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $220.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $250.80
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $262.03
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $262.03
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $262.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $265.77
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $280.75
USC Health Services COMM $299.46
USA Managed Care COMM $299.46
Galaxy Health Network PPO $318.18
Optum Health (URN) COMM $333.15
Independent Medical Systems COMM $374.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $374.33
Unicare MCD $374.33
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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