Screen pap by tech w md supv 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

$282.36

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.

$282.36

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.

$10.66 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $282.36 with Unicare — 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 $10.66 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $10.66 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.15 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.15 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $15.15 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.19 ↓ -94%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.19 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $18.45 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCR $18.54 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health PPO $18.54 ↓ -93%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.54 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health SNP $18.54 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health HMO $18.54 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health POS $18.54 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $18.54 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MME $18.54 ↓ -93%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $18.54 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.54 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $18.63 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $18.70 ↓ -93%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.73 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.91 ↓ -93%
WellCare MGMCR $19.10 ↓ -93%
Integranet MGMCR $19.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.47 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.47 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.47 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $19.60 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.65 ↓ -93%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.65 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $19.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $19.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.77 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.21 ↓ -93%
Molina MCR $20.21 ↓ -93%
Molina MMP $20.21 ↓ -93%
Molina MME $20.21 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $20.25 ↓ -93%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.39 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.25 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $22.98 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.10 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $26.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $27.52 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentials $27.52 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.81 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.81 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.81 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.81 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.81 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $27.89 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $28.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $29.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $29.70 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $30.24 ↓ -89%
Superior ValueHMO $33.19 ↓ -88%
Aetna OON $34.95 ↓ -88%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.23 ↓ -88%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $38.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $39.53 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $41.53 ↓ -85%
Superior EPO $41.53 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $48.20 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.57 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $56.47 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $60.71 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.86 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.93 ↓ -77%
Unicare CHIP $67.77 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $72.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO $73.56 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.56 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.56 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $93.10 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $98.83 ↓ -65%
Humana COMM $104.80 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $112.94 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $112.94 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $125.37 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $127.06 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $127.06 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $141.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $148.80 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $155.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $155.30 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $155.30 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $155.30 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $158.12 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $163.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $166.31 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $166.31 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $197.65 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $197.65 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $197.65 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $200.48 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $211.77 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $225.89 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $240.01 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $282.36 ↑ +0%

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