Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.

$0.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $1.14 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.08
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.08
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.11
Humana Tricare $0.11
Optum Health MCD $0.13
Cigna IFP $0.15
Cigna QHP $0.16
Aetna QHPHIX $0.19
United SmallGroup $0.20
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
Superior ValueHMO $0.23
Superior EPO $0.23
Superior HMO $0.23
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $0.23
United OptionsPPO $0.25
Unicare CHIP $0.27
Aetna NewBusiness $0.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.29
Aetna Meritain $0.29
Aetna COMM $0.29
Aetna OON $0.34
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $0.39
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $0.40
BCBS BluePremier $0.43
Prominence Health Plan HIX $0.46
City of McKinney COMM $0.51
BCBS Traditional $0.51
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.53
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $0.56
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $0.57
Aetna ASA $0.60
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $0.63
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $0.63
Aetna WCOMP $0.63
Cigna Lifesource COMM $0.63
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $0.63
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $0.64
Averde Health, Inc PPO $0.66
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $0.67
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $0.67
Cigna LocalPlus $0.73
Cigna NewBusiness $0.73
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $0.76
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.77
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $0.80
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $0.80
BCBS EPOSOA $0.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $0.81
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.81
Cigna HMO $0.81
BCBS PPO $0.83
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $0.86
USA Managed Care COMM $0.91
USC Health Services COMM $0.91
Galaxy Health Network PPO $0.97
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1.01
Cigna AllOther $1.03
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1.14
Unicare MCD $1.14
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1.14

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