Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$7,349.17
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.
$7,349.17
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.
$808.41 with Optum Health vs $7,349.17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optum Health | MCD | $808.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $992.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,028.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $1,170.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,217.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,346.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $1,469.83 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,580.07 | ↓ -79% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $1,589.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,763.80 | ↓ -76% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,796.00 | ↓ -76% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,833.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,120.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,187.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,190.00 | ↓ -70% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,300.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,444.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,444.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,444.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,484.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $2,572.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,939.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,092.00 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $3,229.64 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,229.64 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,263.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,293.00 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,307.13 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $3,601.09 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $3,670.04 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $3,670.04 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,674.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,849.47 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,873.01 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | PPO | $4,028.89 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,042.04 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,042.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,042.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $4,042.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,042.04 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $4,115.54 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,262.52 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,328.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,328.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $4,923.94 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,144.42 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $5,144.42 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,144.42 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,217.91 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,511.88 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,879.34 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,879.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,246.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $6,540.76 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | COMM | $7,113.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,349.17 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,349.17 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,349.17 | ↑ +0% |
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,835.30 | $520.00 – $3,967.42 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $1,448.70 | not published |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,754.69 | $2,038.91 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,584.85 | $71.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,653.31 | $71.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,835.30 | $489.41 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,584.85 | $85.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,584.85 | $818.84 – $3,967.42 |