Thoracoscopy w/pleurectomy 32656 at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $25,750.00 with United — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,081.78 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $5,679.32 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7,008.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $9,359.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $9,733.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $9,875.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $10,763.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $15,544.38 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $15,544.38 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $16,318.27 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $16,759.30 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $16,759.30 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17,031.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $17,083.83 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $17,864.00 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $18,151.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $18,169.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $20,280.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $20,280.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $20,280.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $25,655.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $25,750.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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Thoracoscopy w/pleurectomy 32656 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $5,679.32 – $5,679.32 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,040.18 – $4,826.69 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $3,381.00 – $3,381.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $7,630.72 – $7,630.72 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $7,630.72 – $7,630.72 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $985.40 – $1,772.46 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $7,630.72 – $7,630.72 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $7,630.72 – $7,630.72 |