Test stress cardiovascular tracing only 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.

$233.93 with Humana vs $4,975.75 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
Humana COMM $233.93
Superior Health Plan CHIP $348.30
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $348.30
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $348.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $348.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $348.30
Optum Health MCD $547.33
BCBS BluePremier $597.32
Cigna IFP $671.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $696.02
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $696.02
Cigna QHP $696.61
Aetna QHPHIX $811.05
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $995.15
Oscar HIX $1,034.96
United OptionsPPO $1,069.79
Aetna NewBusiness $1,184.23
Unicare CHIP $1,194.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,219.06
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,232.60
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,232.60
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,268.82
Aetna Meritain $1,273.79
Aetna COMM $1,273.79
Evry Health COMM $1,283.74
BCBS EPOSOA $1,293.34
Cigna NewBusiness $1,313.60
Cigna LocalPlus $1,313.60
BCBS PPO $1,354.08
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,467.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,467.85
Cigna HMO $1,467.85
Aetna OON $1,492.72
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,681.80
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,741.51
Cigna AllOther $1,855.95
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,990.30
Curative Administrators COMM $1,990.30
BCBS Traditional $2,209.23
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,239.09
City of McKinney COMM $2,239.09
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,438.12
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,487.88
Aetna ASA $2,622.22
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,736.66
Aetna WCOMP $2,736.66
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,736.66
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,736.66
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,736.66
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,786.42
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,885.93
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,930.72
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,930.72
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,333.75
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,483.03
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,483.03
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,483.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,532.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,731.81
USC Health Services COMM $3,980.60
USA Managed Care COMM $3,980.60
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,229.39
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,428.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,975.75
Unicare MCD $4,975.75
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,975.75

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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,251.88 $206.06 – $1,564.85
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $818.10 $308.02 – $308.02
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS $2,079.16 $233.93 – $233.93
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,439.00 $36.31 – $572.82
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,439.00 $36.31 – $585.65
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,010.11 $974.44 – $974.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,497.34 $308.20 – $2,246.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,281.95 $206.06 – $1,602.43

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →