Unlisted cytopathology px 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

$918.07

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.

$918.07

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.

$49.76 with United vs $918.07 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
United SmallGroup $49.76 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $64.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $64.26 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $75.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $86.57 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $86.57 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $90.04 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $90.04 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $94.49 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $98.94 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $100.99 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $123.94 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $128.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $130.72 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $130.85 ↓ -86%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $146.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $146.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $149.65 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $183.61 ↓ -80%
Cigna AllOther $184.79 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $190.96 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $197.39 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $218.50 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $220.34 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $224.93 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $234.11 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $235.03 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $235.03 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $236.86 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $275.42 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $284.51 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $310.31 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $321.32 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $367.23 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $407.62 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $413.13 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $413.13 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $449.85 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $459.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $483.82 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $504.94 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $504.94 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $504.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $504.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $504.94 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $514.12 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $532.48 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $540.74 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $540.74 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $615.11 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $642.65 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $642.65 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $642.65 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $651.83 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $688.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $734.46 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $734.46 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $780.36 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $817.08 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $918.07 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $918.07 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $918.07 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Unlisted cytopathology px at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $7.11 – $7.11
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $78.30 $46.14 – $233.00
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $78.30 $46.14 – $233.00
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $79.38 $46.14 – $233.00
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $79.38 $46.14 – $233.00
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $104.58 $46.14 – $233.00
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $203.35 $46.14 – $233.00
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $104.58 $46.14 – $233.00

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