Specific gravity body fluid 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

$361.41

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.

$361.41

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.

$1.97 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $361.41 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.

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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 STAR $1.97 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1.97 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $2.72 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2.76 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $2.76 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $2.76 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $2.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $2.76 ↓ -99%
United STAR $2.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.76 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $2.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.98 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $3.04 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $3.04 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $3.04 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.04 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $3.26 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $3.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $3.28 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $3.28 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $3.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $3.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $3.28 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.28 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $3.28 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.28 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.28 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $3.28 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $3.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $3.31 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $3.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.35 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $3.38 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $3.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.44 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.44 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.44 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $3.45 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.48 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.48 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $3.53 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $3.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $3.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $3.58 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.61 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.64 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $4.18 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.26 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $4.92 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $4.92 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $4.92 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $4.92 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $4.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $4.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.75 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $5.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5.97 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $5.97 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $6.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $6.13 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $6.26 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $6.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $7.21 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $7.35 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $7.35 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $8.53 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.59 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $12.92 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $12.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $14.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $14.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $18.26 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $25.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $25.30 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $29.51 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $39.76 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $48.79 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $50.60 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $72.28 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $77.70 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $86.74 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $88.55 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $92.16 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $93.24 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $122.16 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $126.49 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $144.56 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $160.47 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $162.63 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $162.63 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $177.09 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $180.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $190.46 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $198.78 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $198.78 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $198.78 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $198.78 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $198.78 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $202.39 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $209.62 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $212.87 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $212.87 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $242.14 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $252.99 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $252.99 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $252.99 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $256.60 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $271.06 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $289.13 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $289.13 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $307.20 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $321.65 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $361.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $361.41 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $361.41 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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