Natriuretic peptide 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

$772.88

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.

$772.88

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.

$23.56 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $772.88 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $23.56 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $23.56 ↓ -97%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $32.49 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $32.98 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $32.98 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $32.98 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $32.98 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.98 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $32.98 ↓ -96%
United STAR $32.98 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.62 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.28 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $36.28 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $36.28 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $36.28 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $39.06 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $39.26 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health PPO $39.26 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health SNP $39.26 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health HMO $39.26 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health POS $39.26 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $39.26 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MME $39.26 ↓ -95%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $39.26 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $39.26 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCR $39.26 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $39.26 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $39.26 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $39.26 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $39.26 ↓ -95%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $39.26 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $39.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $39.59 ↓ -95%
Care N Care MGMCR $39.65 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $40.05 ↓ -95%
Integranet MGMCR $40.44 ↓ -95%
WellCare MGMCR $40.44 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $41.22 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantge MCR $41.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $41.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $41.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $41.22 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $41.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $41.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $41.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $41.22 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $41.62 ↓ -95%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $41.62 ↓ -95%
Humana Tricare $42.30 ↓ -95%
Molina MME $42.79 ↓ -94%
Molina MMP $42.79 ↓ -94%
Molina MCR $42.79 ↓ -94%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $43.19 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $43.61 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $47.11 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $49.95 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $51.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $54.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $54.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.10 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $58.89 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $58.89 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $58.89 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $58.89 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $58.89 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $59.68 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $68.70 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $68.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $68.80 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $70.28 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $71.45 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $71.45 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $73.27 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $73.27 ↓ -91%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $74.59 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $74.99 ↓ -90%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.73 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $78.52 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $85.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $86.23 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $87.94 ↓ -89%
Superior EPO $87.94 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $102.08 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare HIX $102.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $104.34 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $108.20 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $149.77 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $149.92 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $154.58 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $166.17 ↓ -78%
Cigna HMO $167.28 ↓ -78%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $167.28 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $167.28 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $185.49 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $189.36 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $197.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $199.40 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $211.72 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $261.23 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $270.51 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $309.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $343.16 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $347.80 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $347.80 ↓ -55%
Humana COMM $377.03 ↓ -51%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $378.71 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $386.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $407.31 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $425.08 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $425.08 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $425.08 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $425.08 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $425.08 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $432.81 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $448.27 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $455.23 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $455.23 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $517.83 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $541.02 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $541.02 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $541.02 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $548.74 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $579.66 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $618.30 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $618.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $656.95 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $687.86 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $772.88 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $772.88 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $772.88 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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