Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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

$2,050.77

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.

$2,050.77

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.

$6.44 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $2,050.77 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.

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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 $6.44 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $6.44 ↓ -100%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $8.88 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $9.02 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $9.02 ↓ -100%
United STAR $9.02 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $9.02 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.02 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.02 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $9.02 ↓ -100%
United STARPerinate $9.02 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $9.47 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $9.74 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.74 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $9.92 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $9.92 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $9.92 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $9.92 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $10.69 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.74 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.74 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $10.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $10.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $10.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $10.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $10.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.74 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $10.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $10.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $10.74 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $10.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $10.83 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $10.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $11.06 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $11.06 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $11.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.28 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.28 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.28 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.28 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.28 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.28 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.28 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.28 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $11.38 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $11.38 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $11.57 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $11.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $11.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $11.71 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $11.81 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $11.93 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $13.65 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $13.96 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $16.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $16.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $16.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $16.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $16.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $16.32 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $18.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $18.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $18.80 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $19.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $20.03 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $20.03 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $20.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.51 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.27 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $21.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $23.57 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $24.06 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $24.06 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $27.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.14 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalPlus $41.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $41.35 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $46.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $46.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $58.40 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $119.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $143.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $143.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $143.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $143.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $143.55 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $225.58 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $276.85 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $287.11 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $410.15 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $440.92 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $492.18 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $502.44 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $522.95 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $529.10 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $693.16 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $717.77 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $820.31 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $910.54 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $922.85 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $922.85 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,004.88 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,025.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,080.76 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,127.92 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,127.92 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,127.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,127.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,127.92 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,148.43 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,189.45 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,207.90 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,207.90 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,374.02 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,435.54 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,435.54 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,435.54 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,456.05 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,538.08 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,640.62 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,640.62 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,743.15 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,825.19 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,050.77 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,050.77 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,050.77 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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