Ventilator each subsequent day at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$28,305.64

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.

$28,305.64

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.

$1,277.46 with BCBS vs $28,305.64 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,277.46 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,277.46 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,981.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,981.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,981.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,981.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,981.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,262.26 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,262.26 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,373.75 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $2,485.24 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $3,113.62 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $3,821.26 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $3,962.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $5,547.91 ↓ -80%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $5,661.13 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $5,887.57 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $5,915.88 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $5,915.88 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $5,915.88 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $6,793.35 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $6,991.49 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $9,567.31 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $11,322.26 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $11,718.53 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $12,737.54 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $12,737.54 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $12,737.54 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $13,869.76 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $14,152.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $14,294.35 ↓ -49%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $15,568.10 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $15,568.10 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $15,568.10 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $15,568.10 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $15,568.10 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $15,851.16 ↓ -44%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $16,219.13 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $16,219.13 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $16,417.27 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $18,964.78 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $19,813.95 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $19,813.95 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $20,097.00 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $21,229.23 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $21,229.23 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $22,644.51 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $22,644.51 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $24,059.79 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $25,192.02 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $28,305.64 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $28,305.64 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $28,305.64 ↑ +0%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,572.08 $445.42 – $1,965.11
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