Platelets each unit at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$68.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $976.92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $68.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $68.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $68.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $68.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $68.38 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $107.46 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $131.88 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $136.77 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $195.38 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $203.20 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $210.04 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $234.46 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $239.35 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $241.30 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $241.30 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $249.11 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $252.05 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $257.91 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $257.91 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $285.26 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $288.19 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $288.19 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $288.19 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $311.64 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $311.64 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $327.27 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $330.20 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $334.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $341.92 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $341.92 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $364.39 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $390.77 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $390.77 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $433.75 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $439.61 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $439.61 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $461.21 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $478.69 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $488.46 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $491.22 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $491.22 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $514.84 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $537.31 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $537.31 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $537.31 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $537.31 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $537.31 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $547.08 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $566.61 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $575.41 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $575.41 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $578.10 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $654.54 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $683.84 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $683.84 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $683.84 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $693.61 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $732.69 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $781.54 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $781.54 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $822.32 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $830.38 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $869.46 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $976.92 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $976.92 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $976.92 | — |
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Platelets each unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $129.90 | $106.95 – $106.95 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $68.00 | $53.17 – $143.56 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $68.00 | $53.17 – $143.56 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $822.32 – $822.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $259.58 | $53.43 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $273.24 | $49.67 – $341.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |