Microdissection manual 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.

$60.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $971.44 with Cigna — 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 CHIP $60.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $60.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $60.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.20
Optum Health MCD $94.60
Cigna IFP $116.10
Cigna QHP $120.40
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $163.40
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $172.00
Oscar HIX $178.88
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $180.05
United SmallGroup $180.05
United AllPayerAppendix $180.05
United OptionsPPO $184.90
BCBS BluePremier $197.75
Unicare CHIP $206.40
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $210.70
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $219.30
Evry Health COMM $221.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $227.67
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $227.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $236.78
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $236.78
Aetna QHPHIX $247.11
BCBS EPOSOA $248.49
BCBS PPO $260.20
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $290.68
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $301.00
Aetna NewBusiness $340.36
Prominence Health Plan HIX $344.00
Aetna COMM $362.50
Aetna Meritain $362.50
BCBS Traditional $381.84
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $387.00
City of McKinney COMM $387.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $421.40
Aetna OON $426.61
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $430.00
Aetna ASA $453.23
Cigna Lifesource COMM $473.01
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $473.01
Aetna WCOMP $473.01
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $473.01
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $473.01
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $481.61
Averde Health, Inc PPO $498.81
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $506.55
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $506.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $576.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $602.01
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $602.01
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $602.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $610.61
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $645.01
Cigna LocalPlus $687.20
Cigna NewBusiness $687.89
USC Health Services COMM $688.01
USA Managed Care COMM $688.01
Galaxy Health Network PPO $731.01
Optum Health (URN) COMM $765.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $767.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $767.56
Cigna HMO $767.56
Humana COMM $831.62
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $860.01
Independent Medical Systems COMM $860.01
Unicare MCD $860.01
Cigna AllOther $971.44
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Microdissection manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $388.07 $35.00 – $317.44
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $307.50 $144.67 – $420.57
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $213.00 $205.56 – $205.56
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $213.00 $205.56 – $883.52
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $831.62 – $831.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $350.63 $30.47 – $222.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $350.63 $29.60 – $672.62
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