Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection 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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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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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.

$0.05 with United vs $16.89 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $0.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.14
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.14
Cigna LocalPlus $0.18
Cigna NewBusiness $0.18
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.20
Cigna HMO $0.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.20
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.20
BCBS EPOSOA $0.21
BCBS PPO $0.22
Cigna AllOther $0.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.18
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.18
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.18
Optum Health MCD $1.86
Cigna IFP $2.28
Cigna QHP $2.36
Aetna QHPHIX $2.75
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $3.38
United OptionsPPO $3.63
Aetna NewBusiness $4.02
Unicare CHIP $4.05
Aetna Meritain $4.32
Aetna COMM $4.32
BCBS BluePremier $4.93
Aetna OON $5.07
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5.71
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $5.91
Prominence Health Plan HIX $6.76
BCBS Traditional $7.50
City of McKinney COMM $7.60
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $8.28
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $8.45
Aetna ASA $8.90
Cigna Lifesource COMM $9.29
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $9.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $9.29
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $9.29
Aetna WCOMP $9.29
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $9.46
Averde Health, Inc PPO $9.80
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $9.95
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $9.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $11.32
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $11.82
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $11.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11.99
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $12.67
USC Health Services COMM $13.51
USA Managed Care COMM $13.51
Galaxy Health Network PPO $14.36
Optum Health (URN) COMM $15.03
Unicare MCD $16.89
Independent Medical Systems COMM $16.89
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $16.89

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