Plating chrome/nickel pr bar 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.

$122.51 with Humana vs $713.58 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $122.51
BCBS MCRPPO $123.82
BCBS MGMCRHMO $123.82
WellMed MGMCR $125.67
Devoted Health MCR $126.30
Devoted Health MME $126.30
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $126.30
Devoted Health SNP $126.30
Devoted Health PPO $126.30
Humana MGMCR $126.30
Devoted Health POS $126.30
Amerigroup DualEligible $126.30
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $126.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $126.30
Devoted Health HMO $126.30
United MGMCR $126.93
Aetna MCR $127.37
Care N Care MGMCR $127.56
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $128.83
WellCare MGMCR $130.09
Integranet MGMCR $130.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $132.62
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $132.62
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $132.62
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $132.62
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $132.62
ProCare Advantge MCR $132.62
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $132.62
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $132.62
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $133.88
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $133.88
Molina MME $137.67
Molina MMP $137.67
Molina MCR $137.67
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $138.93
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $151.56
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $164.19
Bravo Health MCRPPO $189.45
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $189.45
Bravo Health MCRSNP $189.45
Bravo Health MCRHMO $189.45
Bravo Health MCRPOS $189.45
Superior ValueHMO $226.08
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $239.97
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $250.07
Superior EPO $282.91
Superior HMO $282.91
Molina Healthcare HIX $330.91
Humana COMM $713.58

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $126.30 – $330.91
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $123.77 – $271.54
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $123.77 – $271.54
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $123.77 – $271.54
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $123.77 – $271.54
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $123.77 – $271.54
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $123.77 – $271.54
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $123.77 – $271.54

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