Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution 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

$28.14

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$28.14

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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$1.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $82.69 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 STARKids $1.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.97 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $2.40 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.47 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $3.10 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $3.28 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.28 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $3.80 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $3.94 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $4.59 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $5.63 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $6.05 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.70 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $6.75 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $7.20 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $7.20 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $8.44 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $9.51 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $9.85 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $11.26 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $12.49 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $12.66 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $13.79 ↓ -51%
Cigna LocalPlus $13.80 ↓ -51%
Cigna NewBusiness $13.81 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $14.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $14.83 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.41 ↓ -45%
Cigna HMO $15.41 ↓ -45%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $15.41 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $15.48 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $15.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $15.48 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $15.48 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $15.48 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $15.76 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $16.32 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $16.57 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $16.57 ↓ -41%
Humana COMM $18.81 ↓ -33%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $18.85 ↓ -33%
Cigna AllOther $19.50 ↓ -31%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $19.70 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $19.70 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $19.98 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $21.11 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $22.51 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $22.51 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $23.92 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $25.04 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $28.14 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $28.14 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $28.14 ↑ +0%
BCBS BluePremier $41.57 ↑ +48%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.41 ↑ +83%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $51.41 ↑ +83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $75.25 ↑ +167%
BCBS BlueEssentials $75.25 ↑ +167%
BCBS EPOSOA $78.97 ↑ +181%
BCBS PPO $82.69 ↑ +194%

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $30.00 $19.44 – $19.44
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $2.47 – $18.81
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $28.66 $57.37 – $57.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $63.36 $2.40 – $37.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00

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