N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic 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.

$14.74 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $221.00 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $14.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $14.74
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $20.32
United STARPLUS $20.63
United STARPerinate $20.63
Amerigroup CHIP $20.63
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $20.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.63
United CHIP $20.63
United STAR $20.63
United STARKids $20.63
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $21.66
Aetna Better Health CHIP $22.28
Aetna Better Health MCD $22.28
Molina STAR+PLUS $22.69
Molina MCDSTAR $22.69
Molina CHIP $22.69
Molina STARKIDS $22.69
WellMed MGMCR $24.44
Devoted Health MME $24.56
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $24.56
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $24.56
Humana MGMCR $24.56
United SmallGroup $24.56
BCBS MGMCRHMO $24.56
BCBS MCRPPO $24.56
Devoted Health HMO $24.56
Devoted Health PPO $24.56
Devoted Health POS $24.56
Devoted Health MCR $24.56
Amerigroup DualEligible $24.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.56
United AllPayerAppendix $24.56
Devoted Health SNP $24.56
United MGMCR $24.68
Aetna MCR $24.77
Care N Care MGMCR $24.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $25.05
Integranet MGMCR $25.30
WellCare MGMCR $25.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $25.79
Humana MGMCD $25.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $25.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $25.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $25.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $25.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $25.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $25.79
ProCare Advantge MCR $25.79
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $26.03
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $26.03
Humana Tricare $26.46
Molina MME $26.77
Molina MMP $26.77
Molina MCR $26.77
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $27.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $27.28
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $29.47
Aetna QHPHIX $31.25
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $31.93
Bravo Health MCRPOS $36.84
Bravo Health MCRHMO $36.84
Bravo Health MCRPPO $36.84
Bravo Health MCRSNP $36.84
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $36.84
BCBS BluePremier $37.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $42.98
Aetna NewBusiness $43.04
Superior ValueHMO $43.96
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $44.70
BCBS BlueEssentials $44.70
Aetna COMM $45.84
Aetna Meritain $45.84
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $46.66
BCBS EPOSOA $46.91
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $48.63
BCBS PPO $49.12
Aetna OON $53.95
Superior HMO $55.01
Superior EPO $55.01
Oscar HIX $63.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $64.35
Cigna LocalPlus $92.97
Cigna NewBusiness $93.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.85
Cigna HMO $103.85
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.85
Cigna AllOther $131.43
Humana COMM $221.00
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $20.63 – $23.54
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $24.56 – $64.35
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $22.10 – $94.56
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $20.63 – $44.55
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $20.22 – $100.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $20.63 – $100.37
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $53.63 – $107.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $20.22 – $100.37

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