Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$27.97 with Humana vs $824.21 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.

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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
Humana COMM $27.97
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $57.69
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.69
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.69
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.69
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.69
Optum Health MCD $90.66
Cigna IFP $111.27
Cigna QHP $115.39
Aetna QHPHIX $134.35
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $156.60
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $164.84
Oscar HIX $171.44
United OptionsPPO $177.21
Aetna NewBusiness $196.16
Unicare CHIP $197.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $201.93
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $203.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $203.58
Aetna COMM $211.00
Aetna Meritain $211.00
Evry Health COMM $212.65
Cigna NewBusiness $217.59
Cigna LocalPlus $217.59
BCBS BluePremier $240.67
Cigna HMO $243.14
Cigna NetworkBenefit $243.14
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $243.14
Aetna OON $247.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $262.92
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $262.92
BCBS EPOSOA $276.11
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $278.58
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $285.95
BCBS PPO $288.47
Cigna AllOther $307.43
Prominence Health Plan HIX $329.68
Curative Administrators COMM $329.68
BCBS Traditional $365.95
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $370.89
City of McKinney COMM $370.89
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $392.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $403.86
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $412.11
Aetna ASA $434.36
Cigna Lifesource COMM $453.32
Aetna WCOMP $453.32
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $453.32
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $453.32
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $453.32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $461.56
Averde Health, Inc PPO $478.04
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $485.46
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $485.46
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $552.22
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $576.95
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $576.95
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $576.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $585.19
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $618.16
USC Health Services COMM $659.37
USA Managed Care COMM $659.37
Galaxy Health Network PPO $700.58
Optum Health (URN) COMM $733.55
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $824.21
Unicare MCD $824.21
Independent Medical Systems COMM $824.21

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $570.75 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $27.97 – $27.97
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84

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