Rsv assay w/optic 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.

$7.86 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $133.17 with Humana — 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 CHIP $7.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7.86
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $10.83
United STARPLUS $11.00
United STARKids $11.00
United STAR $11.00
United STARPerinate $11.00
United CHIP $11.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.00
Amerigroup CHIP $11.00
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.55
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.88
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.88
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.10
Molina CHIP $12.10
Molina STARKIDS $12.10
Molina MCDSTAR $12.10
WellMed MGMCR $13.03
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.10
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.10
Humana MGMCR $13.10
United SmallGroup $13.10
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.10
United AllPayerAppendix $13.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.10
BCBS MCRPPO $13.10
Devoted Health SNP $13.10
Devoted Health PPO $13.10
Devoted Health HMO $13.10
Devoted Health POS $13.10
Devoted Health MCR $13.10
Devoted Health MME $13.10
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $13.10
United MGMCR $13.17
Aetna MCR $13.21
Care N Care MGMCR $13.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.36
Integranet MGMCR $13.49
WellCare MGMCR $13.49
Humana MGMCD $13.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.76
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.76
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.76
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.89
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.89
Humana Tricare $14.11
Molina MME $14.28
Molina MMP $14.28
Molina MCR $14.28
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.41
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.55
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.72
Aetna QHPHIX $16.66
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.03
Bravo Health MCRPOS $19.65
Bravo Health MCRHMO $19.65
Bravo Health MCRPPO $19.65
Bravo Health MCRSNP $19.65
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $19.65
BCBS BluePremier $19.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.93
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $22.93
Aetna NewBusiness $22.95
Superior ValueHMO $23.45
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.84
Aetna COMM $24.44
Aetna Meritain $24.44
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $24.89
BCBS EPOSOA $25.02
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.94
BCBS PPO $26.20
Aetna OON $28.77
Superior HMO $29.34
Superior EPO $29.34
Oscar HIX $34.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.32
Cigna LocalPlus $50.38
Cigna NewBusiness $50.43
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.27
Cigna HMO $56.27
Cigna NetworkBenefit $56.27
Cigna AllOther $71.22
Humana COMM $133.17
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.46 $10.00 – $138.07
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $74.00 $10.45 – $45.01
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