Unlisted px casting/strpg 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

$540.34

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.

$540.34

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.

$37.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $37.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $37.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.82 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $59.44 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $72.95 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $75.65 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $108.07 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $112.39 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $116.17 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $129.68 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $133.46 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $133.46 ↓ -75%
BCBS BluePremier $157.78 ↓ -71%
WellMed MGMCR $164.06 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $172.37 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $172.37 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $181.01 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $182.63 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $189.12 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $189.12 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $216.14 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $239.91 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $243.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $243.15 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $264.77 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $270.17 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $284.76 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $297.19 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $297.19 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $297.19 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $297.19 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $297.19 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $302.59 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $313.40 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $318.26 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $318.26 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $362.03 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $378.24 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $378.24 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $378.24 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $383.64 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $405.25 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $432.27 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $432.27 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $459.29 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $480.90 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $540.34 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $540.34 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $540.34 ↑ +0%
United SmallGroup $1,454.00 ↑ +169%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00 ↑ +174%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00 ↑ +191%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00 ↑ +191%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↑ +209%
Cigna HMO $1,757.00 ↑ +225%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00 ↑ +225%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00 ↑ +225%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↑ +283%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↑ +302%
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00 ↑ +311%
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00 ↑ +323%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↑ +365%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +538%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +581%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +581%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +702%

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