Thorac cont paraspinal uprig 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.

$253.52 with Humana vs $1,476.60 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 $253.52
BCBS MCRPPO $256.23
BCBS MGMCRHMO $256.23
WellMed MGMCR $260.05
Devoted Health MCR $261.36
Devoted Health MME $261.36
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $261.36
Devoted Health SNP $261.36
Devoted Health PPO $261.36
Humana MGMCR $261.36
Devoted Health POS $261.36
Amerigroup DualEligible $261.36
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $261.36
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $261.36
Devoted Health HMO $261.36
United MGMCR $262.67
Aetna MCR $263.58
Care N Care MGMCR $263.97
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $266.59
WellCare MGMCR $269.20
Integranet MGMCR $269.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $274.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $274.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $274.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $274.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $274.43
ProCare Advantge MCR $274.43
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $274.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $274.43
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $277.04
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $277.04
Molina MME $284.88
Molina MMP $284.88
Molina MCR $284.88
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $287.50
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $313.63
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $339.77
Bravo Health MCRPPO $392.04
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $392.04
Bravo Health MCRSNP $392.04
Bravo Health MCRHMO $392.04
Bravo Health MCRPOS $392.04
Superior ValueHMO $467.83
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $496.58
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $517.49
Superior EPO $585.45
Superior HMO $585.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $684.76
Humana COMM $1,476.60

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Thorac cont paraspinal uprig at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $261.36 – $684.76
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $256.13 – $561.92
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $256.13 – $561.92
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $256.13 – $561.92
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $256.13 – $561.92
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $256.13 – $561.92
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $256.13 – $561.92
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $256.13 – $561.92

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