Placental lactogen 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

$1,247.25

Cash price

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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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$1,247.25

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.

$12.13 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,247.25 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 $12.13 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $12.13 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $16.73 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $16.98 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $16.98 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $16.98 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.98 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $16.98 ↓ -99%
United STAR $16.98 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $16.98 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $16.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $17.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $18.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.34 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $18.68 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $18.68 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $18.68 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $18.68 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $20.12 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $20.22 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $20.22 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $20.22 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $20.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.22 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $20.22 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $20.22 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $20.22 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.22 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.22 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $20.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.22 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.22 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $20.22 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $20.22 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $20.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $20.39 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $20.42 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $20.62 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $20.83 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $20.83 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $21.23 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $21.23 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $21.23 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $21.23 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $21.23 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $21.23 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $21.23 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $21.23 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $21.23 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $21.43 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $21.43 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $21.79 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $22.04 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $22.04 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $22.04 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $22.24 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.46 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $25.72 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $26.29 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $30.33 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $30.33 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $30.33 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $30.33 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $30.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $30.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $35.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $35.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $35.42 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $36.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $36.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $36.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $37.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $37.72 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $38.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.62 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $40.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $44.40 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $45.29 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $45.29 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $52.57 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $77.49 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $77.57 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $86.55 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $86.55 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $86.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $87.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $87.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $87.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $87.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $87.31 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $109.54 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $137.20 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $168.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $174.62 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $224.69 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $249.45 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $268.16 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $299.34 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $305.58 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $318.05 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $321.79 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $421.57 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $436.54 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $498.90 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $553.78 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $561.26 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $561.26 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $611.15 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $623.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $657.30 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $685.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $685.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $685.99 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $685.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $685.99 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $698.46 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $723.40 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $734.63 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $734.63 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $835.66 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $873.08 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $873.08 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $873.08 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $885.55 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $935.44 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $997.80 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $997.80 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,060.16 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,110.05 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,247.25 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,247.25 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,247.25 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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