Ph body fluid 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.

$2.15 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $346.91 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 STAR $2.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.15
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $2.96
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.01
United CHIP $3.01
United STARPLUS $3.01
United STARPerinate $3.01
Amerigroup CHIP $3.01
United STAR $3.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.01
United STARKids $3.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.16
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.25
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.25
Molina CHIP $3.31
Molina MCDSTAR $3.31
Molina STARKIDS $3.31
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.31
WellMed MGMCR $3.56
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $3.58
Devoted Health MME $3.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.58
Devoted Health MCR $3.58
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.58
Devoted Health PPO $3.58
Devoted Health SNP $3.58
Devoted Health HMO $3.58
BCBS MCRPPO $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
Devoted Health POS $3.58
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.58
Humana MGMCR $3.58
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.58
United SmallGroup $3.58
United MGMCR $3.60
Aetna MCR $3.61
Care N Care MGMCR $3.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.65
Integranet MGMCR $3.69
WellCare MGMCR $3.69
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.76
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.76
Humana MGMCD $3.76
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.76
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.79
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.79
Humana Tricare $3.86
Molina MMP $3.90
Molina MCR $3.90
Molina MME $3.90
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.30
Aetna QHPHIX $4.56
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.65
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.37
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.37
BCBS BluePremier $5.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.27
Aetna NewBusiness $6.28
Superior ValueHMO $6.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6.52
BCBS BlueEssentials $6.52
Aetna COMM $6.69
Aetna Meritain $6.69
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.80
BCBS EPOSOA $6.84
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.09
BCBS PPO $7.16
Aetna OON $7.87
Superior HMO $8.02
Superior EPO $8.02
Oscar HIX $9.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.38
Cigna LocalPlus $14.20
Cigna NewBusiness $14.21
Cigna HMO $15.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.86
Cigna NetworkBenefit $15.86
Cigna AllOther $20.07
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $24.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.28
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.28
Optum Health MCD $38.16
Humana COMM $39.77
Cigna IFP $46.83
Cigna QHP $48.57
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $69.38
United OptionsPPO $74.59
Unicare CHIP $83.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $84.99
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $88.46
Evry Health COMM $89.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $117.26
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $121.42
Prominence Health Plan HIX $138.76
BCBS Traditional $154.03
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $156.11
City of McKinney COMM $156.11
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $169.99
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $173.46
Aetna ASA $182.82
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $190.80
Cigna Lifesource COMM $190.80
Aetna WCOMP $190.80
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $190.80
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $190.80
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $194.27
Averde Health, Inc PPO $201.21
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $204.33
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $204.33
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $232.43
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $242.84
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $242.84
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $242.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $246.31
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $260.18
USC Health Services COMM $277.53
USA Managed Care COMM $277.53
Galaxy Health Network PPO $294.87
Optum Health (URN) COMM $308.75
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $346.91
Unicare MCD $346.91
Independent Medical Systems COMM $346.91
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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