Trach/laryn tube plug/stop 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.

$4.37 with BCBS vs $28.83 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.37
BCBS BluePremier $4.95
Humana Tricare $4.95
BCBS MCRPPO $5.00
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.00
WellMed MGMCR $5.07
Devoted Health PPO $5.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.10
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.10
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.10
Humana MGMCR $5.10
Devoted Health SNP $5.10
Devoted Health HMO $5.10
Devoted Health POS $5.10
Devoted Health MCR $5.10
Devoted Health MME $5.10
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $5.10
United MGMCR $5.13
Aetna MCR $5.14
Care N Care MGMCR $5.15
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.20
WellCare MGMCR $5.25
Integranet MGMCR $5.25
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.35
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.35
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.41
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.41
Molina MMP $5.56
Molina MCR $5.56
Molina MME $5.56
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.61
BCBS BlueEssentials $5.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5.62
BCBS EPOSOA $5.91
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.12
BCBS PPO $6.16
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.63
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.65
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.65
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.65
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.65
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.65
Superior ValueHMO $9.13
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.69
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.10
Superior EPO $11.42
Superior HMO $11.42
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.36
Humana COMM $28.83

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Trach/laryn tube plug/stop at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $9.18 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $5.10 – $13.36
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $9.18 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $9.18 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $9.18 not published
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $9.18 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $9.18 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $9.18 not published

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