Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly 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.

$332.64 with BCBS vs $25,655.00 with Cigna — 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
BCBS BluePremier $332.64
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Optum Health MCD $1,339.84
Cigna IFP $1,644.35
Cigna QHP $1,705.25
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $2,314.27
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $2,436.07
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
United OptionsPPO $2,618.78
Unicare CHIP $2,923.29
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Humana COMM $3,774.70
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,116.97
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $4,263.13
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,779.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,779.84
Prominence Health Plan HIX $4,872.15
BCBS EPOSOA $5,017.81
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,153.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,153.42
BCBS PPO $5,253.22
BCBS Traditional $5,408.08
City of McKinney COMM $5,481.17
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $5,968.38
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,090.19
Aetna ASA $6,419.05
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,699.20
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,699.20
Cigna Lifesource COMM $6,699.20
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,699.20
Aetna WCOMP $6,699.20
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $6,821.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,064.61
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $7,174.24
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $7,174.24
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $8,160.85
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,526.26
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,526.26
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,526.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,648.06
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9,135.28
USA Managed Care COMM $9,744.30
USC Health Services COMM $9,744.30
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,353.31
Optum Health (URN) COMM $10,840.53
United AllPayerAppendix $10,868.00
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00
United SmallGroup $12,069.00
Unicare MCD $12,180.37
Independent Medical Systems COMM $12,180.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12,180.37
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12,875.00
Cigna LocalPlus $18,151.00
Cigna NewBusiness $18,169.00
Cigna HMO $20,280.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20,280.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20,280.00
Cigna AllOther $25,655.00
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,161.89 $895.87 – $4,479.35
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $3,285.15 not published
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,432.13 $71.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,724.71 $71.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,161.89 $843.17 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,432.13 $85.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,432.13 $1,256.60 – $3,648.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,724.71 $71.00 – $4,087.06

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