Transcath biopsy 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.
$356.31 with Optum Health vs $21,630.00 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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| Optum Health | MCD | $356.31 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $437.29 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $453.48 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $647.83 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $696.42 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $777.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,094.83 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,133.70 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,295.66 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,438.18 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,457.62 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,582.68 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,587.18 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,619.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,707.03 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,781.53 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,781.53 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,781.53 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,781.53 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,781.53 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,813.92 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,878.71 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,907.86 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,907.86 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $1,910.06 | — |
| United | CHIP | $1,939.15 | — |
| United | STAR | $1,939.15 | — |
| United | STARKids | $1,939.15 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $1,939.15 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $1,939.15 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $1,939.15 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $1,939.15 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $1,939.15 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $2,036.11 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $2,036.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,036.11 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $2,133.07 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $2,133.07 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $2,133.07 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $2,133.07 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,170.23 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,187.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,190.00 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,267.41 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,267.41 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,267.41 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,299.80 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $2,326.98 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $2,326.98 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $2,423.94 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,429.36 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,444.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,444.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,444.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,591.32 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,591.32 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,753.28 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $2,882.84 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,092.00 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,239.15 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,239.15 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,239.15 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,250.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $5,264.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,475.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $5,617.79 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $5,975.05 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $6,054.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7,168.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $8,778.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $9,100.46 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $9,100.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $10,341.43 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $10,341.43 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10,847.01 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $11,352.59 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $12,210.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $14,553.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $21,630.00 | — |
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Transcath biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,285.93 | $1,939.15 – $13,613.39 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $3,794.10 | $1,939.15 – $2,094.28 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,582.68 – $1,582.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,426.92 | $71.00 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,285.93 | $71.00 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,285.93 | $1,939.15 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,426.92 | $85.00 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,426.92 | $1,939.15 – $13,613.39 |