Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$3,396.44
Cash price 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.
$3,396.44
Gross charge 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.
$237.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,396.44 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $237.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $237.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $237.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $237.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $237.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $373.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $386.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $458.52 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $475.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $532.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMM | $567.23 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $567.23 | ↓ -83% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $656.15 | ↓ -81% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | ↓ -81% |
| United | SmallGroup | $656.15 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | OON | $667.55 | ↓ -80% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $679.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $706.46 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $730.23 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $815.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $832.13 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $866.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $876.28 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $954.86 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,099.35 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,099.35 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,139.12 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,140.26 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,143.32 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,143.32 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,148.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,188.75 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,199.86 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,256.40 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,272.32 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,272.32 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,272.32 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,358.58 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,508.02 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,528.40 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,528.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,610.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,664.26 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,698.22 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,789.92 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,868.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,868.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,868.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,868.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,868.04 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,902.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,969.94 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,000.50 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,000.50 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | COMM | $2,143.75 | ↓ -37% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,275.61 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,377.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,377.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,377.51 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,411.47 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,547.33 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,717.15 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,717.15 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,886.97 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $3,022.83 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,396.44 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,396.44 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,396.44 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $490.20 | $48.21 – $698.56 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $244.00 | $326.06 – $2,137.38 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $244.00 | $326.06 – $2,185.25 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $2,143.75 – $2,143.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $880.68 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $677.44 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |