Tilt table study at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$13,846.12
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.
$13,846.12
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.
$171.74 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $171.74 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $182.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $182.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $322.93 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $322.93 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $338.84 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $354.76 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -89% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,481.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,869.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,938.46 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,256.92 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $2,769.22 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,976.92 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,295.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $3,323.07 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,544.61 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,544.61 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,153.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $4,846.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $5,538.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5,591.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,147.68 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $6,230.75 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $6,923.06 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $7,296.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $7,615.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $7,615.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $7,615.37 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $7,615.37 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $7,753.83 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $8,030.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $8,155.36 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $8,155.36 | ↓ -41% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,300.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $9,692.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $9,692.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $9,692.28 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $9,830.75 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $10,384.59 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $11,076.90 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $11,769.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $13,846.12 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $25,737.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26,766.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Humana | COMM | $27,514.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29,597.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +217% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $1,051.80 | $80.70 – $80.70 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $2,001.50 | $22.36 – $989.94 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $2,001.50 | $22.36 – $1,012.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,325.10 | $200.26 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,062.26 | $200.26 – $2,577.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,325.16 | $155.17 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,325.10 | $244.68 – $3,487.65 |