Red blood cells each unit at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$89.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,278.54 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.
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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $89.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $89.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $89.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $89.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $89.50 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $140.64 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $155.99 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $172.60 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $179.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $214.85 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $228.83 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $228.83 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $255.71 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $265.94 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $269.30 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $274.89 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $306.85 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $313.24 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $315.80 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $315.80 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $326.03 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $329.86 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $337.53 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $337.53 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $373.33 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $377.17 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $377.17 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $377.17 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $407.85 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $407.85 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $428.31 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $432.15 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $447.49 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $447.49 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $476.90 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $511.42 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $511.42 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $567.67 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $575.34 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $575.34 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $626.48 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $639.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $673.79 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $703.20 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $703.20 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $703.20 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $703.20 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $703.20 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $715.98 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $741.55 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $753.06 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $753.06 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $856.62 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $894.98 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $894.98 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $894.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $907.76 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $958.90 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,021.48 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,022.83 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,022.83 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,086.76 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,137.90 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,278.54 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,278.54 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,278.54 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $414.33 | $117.39 – $517.91 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $551.70 | $454.54 – $454.54 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,021.48 – $1,021.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $447.32 | $92.07 – $670.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $464.14 | $92.83 – $580.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $414.33 | $110.49 – $517.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $447.32 | $140.65 – $670.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $447.32 | $231.11 – $670.98 |