Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$2.86 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $705.11 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 $2.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.86
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $3.94
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.00
United CHIP $4.00
United STARPLUS $4.00
United STARPerinate $4.00
Amerigroup CHIP $4.00
United STAR $4.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.00
United STARKids $4.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.20
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.32
Molina CHIP $4.40
Molina MCDSTAR $4.40
Molina STARKIDS $4.40
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.40
WellMed MGMCR $4.74
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $4.76
Devoted Health MME $4.76
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.76
Devoted Health MCR $4.76
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.76
Devoted Health PPO $4.76
Devoted Health SNP $4.76
Devoted Health HMO $4.76
BCBS MCRPPO $4.76
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
Devoted Health POS $4.76
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.76
Humana MGMCR $4.76
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.76
United SmallGroup $4.76
United MGMCR $4.78
Aetna MCR $4.80
Care N Care MGMCR $4.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.86
Integranet MGMCR $4.90
WellCare MGMCR $4.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.00
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.00
Humana MGMCD $5.00
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.00
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.05
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.05
Humana Tricare $5.13
Molina MMP $5.19
Molina MCR $5.19
Molina MME $5.19
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.29
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.71
Aetna QHPHIX $6.06
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.19
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.14
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.14
BCBS BluePremier $7.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.33
Aetna NewBusiness $8.35
Superior ValueHMO $8.52
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.66
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.66
Aetna COMM $8.89
Aetna Meritain $8.89
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.04
BCBS EPOSOA $9.09
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.42
BCBS PPO $9.52
Aetna OON $10.47
Superior HMO $10.66
Superior EPO $10.66
Oscar HIX $12.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.47
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11
Cigna HMO $20.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20
Cigna AllOther $25.57
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $49.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.36
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $49.36
Humana COMM $51.11
Optum Health MCD $77.56
Cigna IFP $95.19
Cigna QHP $98.72
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $141.02
United OptionsPPO $151.60
Unicare CHIP $169.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $172.75
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $179.80
Evry Health COMM $181.92
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $238.33
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $246.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $282.04
BCBS Traditional $313.07
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $317.30
City of McKinney COMM $317.30
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $345.50
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $352.56
Aetna ASA $371.59
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $387.81
Cigna Lifesource COMM $387.81
Aetna WCOMP $387.81
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $387.81
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $387.81
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $394.86
Averde Health, Inc PPO $408.96
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $415.31
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $415.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $472.42
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $493.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $493.58
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $493.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $500.63
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $528.83
USC Health Services COMM $564.09
USA Managed Care COMM $564.09
Galaxy Health Network PPO $599.34
Optum Health (URN) COMM $627.55
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $705.11
Unicare MCD $705.11
Independent Medical Systems COMM $705.11
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $59.87 $4.00 – $74.84
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