New Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$53.74 with Superior Health Plan vs $767.74 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $53.74
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $53.74
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $53.74
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $53.74
Superior Health Plan STARKids $53.74
Optum Health MCD $84.45
Cigna IFP $103.64
Cigna QHP $107.48
Aetna QHPHIX $125.14
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $145.87
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $153.55
United OptionsPPO $165.06
Aetna NewBusiness $182.72
Unicare CHIP $184.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $188.10
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $195.77
Aetna Meritain $196.54
Aetna COMM $196.54
Evry Health COMM $198.08
Humana COMM $212.54
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $213.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $213.07
Aetna OON $230.32
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $259.50
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $268.71
Prominence Health Plan HIX $307.10
Curative Administrators COMM $307.10
BCBS Traditional $340.88
City of McKinney COMM $345.48
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $345.48
Cigna LocalPlus $375.70
Cigna NewBusiness $375.70
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $376.19
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $377.33
BCBS BlueEssentials $377.33
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $383.87
BCBS EPOSOA $395.92
Aetna ASA $404.60
BCBS PPO $414.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $419.82
Cigna HMO $419.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $419.82
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $422.26
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $422.26
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $422.26
Aetna WCOMP $422.26
Cigna Lifesource COMM $422.26
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $429.93
Averde Health, Inc PPO $445.29
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $452.20
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $452.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $514.39
Cigna AllOther $530.82
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $537.42
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $537.42
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $537.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $545.10
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $575.80
USA Managed Care COMM $614.19
USC Health Services COMM $614.19
Galaxy Health Network PPO $652.58
Optum Health (URN) COMM $683.29
Unicare MCD $767.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $767.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $767.74

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $963.60 $105.22 – $105.22
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $211.00 $34.25 – $209.30
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