Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$988.75

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.

$988.75

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.

$69.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,752.82 with Cigna — 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 STARHealth $69.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $69.21 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $108.76 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $133.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $138.43 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $161.17 ↓ -84%
Humana Tricare $188.16 ↓ -81%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $193.98 ↓ -80%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $197.75 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $212.58 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $235.32 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $237.30 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $253.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $253.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $296.63 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $334.20 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $346.06 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $380.14 ↓ -62%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $380.14 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $380.14 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $395.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $439.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS BluePremier $443.05 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $444.94 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $484.49 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $494.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $521.07 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $543.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $543.81 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $543.81 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $543.81 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $543.81 ↓ -45%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $547.86 ↓ -45%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $547.86 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $553.70 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $573.48 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $582.37 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $582.37 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $662.46 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $692.13 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $692.13 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $702.01 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $741.56 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $791.00 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $791.00 ↓ -20%
BCBS BlueEssentials $801.94 ↓ -19%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $801.94 ↓ -19%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $840.44 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $841.64 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $879.99 ↓ -11%
BCBS PPO $881.34 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $988.75 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $988.75 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $988.75 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $994.08 ↑ +1%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,240.21 ↑ +25%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,241.44 ↑ +26%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,385.53 ↑ +40%
Cigna HMO $1,385.53 ↑ +40%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,385.53 ↑ +40%
Cigna AllOther $1,752.82 ↑ +77%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $495.68 $140.44 – $702.21
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