Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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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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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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.

$2.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $129.70 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.35
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.35
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.35
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.35
BCBS BluePremier $3.24
Optum Health MCD $3.69
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4.00
Cigna IFP $4.52
Cigna QHP $4.69
Aetna QHPHIX $5.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $5.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5.86
BCBS EPOSOA $6.15
BCBS PPO $6.44
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $6.70
United OptionsPPO $7.20
Aetna NewBusiness $7.98
Unicare CHIP $8.04
Aetna COMM $8.58
Aetna Meritain $8.58
Aetna OON $10.05
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $11.33
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $11.73
Prominence Health Plan HIX $13.40
BCBS Traditional $14.88
City of McKinney COMM $15.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.19
United AllPayerAppendix $16.19
United SmallGroup $16.19
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $16.42
Cigna LocalPlus $16.64
Cigna NewBusiness $16.66
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $16.75
Aetna ASA $17.66
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $18.43
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $18.43
Cigna Lifesource COMM $18.43
Aetna WCOMP $18.43
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $18.43
Cigna HMO $18.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.59
Cigna NetworkBenefit $18.59
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $18.77
Averde Health, Inc PPO $19.44
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $19.74
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $19.74
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $22.45
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $23.46
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $23.46
Cigna AllOther $23.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23.79
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $25.13
USA Managed Care COMM $26.81
USC Health Services COMM $26.81
Galaxy Health Network PPO $28.48
Optum Health (URN) COMM $29.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $33.51
Independent Medical Systems COMM $33.51
Unicare MCD $33.51
Humana COMM $129.70

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,185.54 $9.78 – $80.54
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $562.54 $1.51 – $29.84
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,530.00 $2.77 – $26.48
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,530.00 $2.77 – $26.48
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $129.70 – $129.70
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $983.93 $4.47 – $4.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,185.54 $13.26 – $96.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,185.54 $9.78 – $80.54

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