Permanent tear duct plug at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$1,782.00
Cash price 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.
$1,782.00
Gross charge 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.
$193.22 with Humana vs $1,782.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | COMM | $193.22 | ↓ -89% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $196.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $240.57 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $249.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $356.40 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $383.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $427.68 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $440.15 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $440.15 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $470.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $470.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $525.69 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $525.69 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $525.69 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $568.46 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $568.46 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $596.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $602.32 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $623.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $664.69 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $712.80 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $791.21 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $801.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $873.18 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $891.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $939.11 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $980.10 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $980.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $980.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $980.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $980.10 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $997.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,033.56 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,049.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,049.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,193.94 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,247.40 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,265.22 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,336.50 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,425.60 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,425.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,514.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,585.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,782.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,782.00 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,782.00 | ↑ +0% |
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Permanent tear duct plug at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $241.08 | not published |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $193.22 – $193.22 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $511.01 | not published |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $241.08 | not published |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $241.08 | not published |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $241.08 | not published |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital | Arlington | $241.08 | not published |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton | Denton | $241.08 | not published |