Symes type medial opening so 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.

$302.58 with Humana vs $1,762.31 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
Humana Tricare $302.58
BCBS MCRPPO $305.82
BCBS MGMCRHMO $305.82
WellMed MGMCR $310.38
Devoted Health MCR $311.94
Devoted Health MME $311.94
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $311.94
Devoted Health SNP $311.94
Devoted Health PPO $311.94
Humana MGMCR $311.94
Devoted Health POS $311.94
Amerigroup DualEligible $311.94
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $311.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $311.94
Devoted Health HMO $311.94
United MGMCR $313.50
Aetna MCR $314.59
Care N Care MGMCR $315.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $318.18
WellCare MGMCR $321.30
Integranet MGMCR $321.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $327.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $327.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $327.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $327.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $327.54
ProCare Advantge MCR $327.54
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $327.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $327.54
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $330.66
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $330.66
Molina MME $340.01
Molina MMP $340.01
Molina MCR $340.01
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $343.13
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $374.33
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $405.52
Bravo Health MCRPPO $467.91
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $467.91
Bravo Health MCRSNP $467.91
Bravo Health MCRHMO $467.91
Bravo Health MCRPOS $467.91
Superior ValueHMO $558.37
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $592.69
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $617.64
Superior EPO $698.75
Superior HMO $698.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $817.28
Humana COMM $1,762.31

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Symes type medial opening so at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $311.94 – $817.28
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $305.70 – $670.67
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $305.70 – $670.67
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $305.70 – $670.67
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $305.70 – $670.67
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $305.70 – $670.67
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $305.70 – $670.67
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $305.70 – $670.67

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