Revise spine eltrd plate 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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $47,620.17 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $7,113.00
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $7,312.57
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7,423.93
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7,423.93
United STARPerinate $7,423.93
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7,423.93
United STARPLUS $7,423.93
United STARKids $7,423.93
United CHIP $7,423.93
United STAR $7,423.93
Amerigroup MGMCD $7,795.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7,795.13
Amerigroup CHIP $7,795.13
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
Molina STARKIDS $8,166.32
Molina STAR+PLUS $8,166.32
Molina CHIP $8,166.32
Molina MCDSTAR $8,166.32
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $8,189.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $8,517.00
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $8,908.72
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8,908.72
Humana MGMCD $9,279.91
Evry Health COMM $9,417.00
WellMed MGMCR $11,249.44
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12,210.00
Cigna LocalPlus $13,264.00
Cigna NewBusiness $13,278.00
United SmallGroup $14,553.00
Cigna HMO $14,820.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14,820.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $14,820.00
Cigna AllOther $18,747.00
United AllPayerAppendix $21,630.00
BCBS BluePremier $25,063.25
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $38,173.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $38,173.25
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $43,378.69
BCBS BlueEssentials $43,378.69
BCBS EPOSOA $45,499.43
BCBS PPO $47,620.17

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Revise spine eltrd plate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $7,423.93 – $33,745.27
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $7,423.93 – $8,017.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10,115.75 $71.00 – $33,745.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $19,287.34 $71.00 – $33,745.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $10,115.75 $85.00 – $33,745.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $10,115.75 $7,423.93 – $33,745.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $19,287.34 $71.00 – $33,745.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $10,115.75 $71.00 – $33,745.27

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