Volume measurement urine timed 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

$174.27

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.

$174.27

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.

$2.18 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $174.27 with Unicare — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.18 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.18 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $3.01 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $3.06 ↓ -98%
United STAR $3.06 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $3.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $3.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $3.06 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.06 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $3.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.30 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $3.37 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $3.37 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $3.37 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.37 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $3.62 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $3.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $3.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $3.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $3.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $3.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $3.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.64 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.64 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.64 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.64 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $3.64 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $3.66 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $3.67 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $3.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.71 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $3.75 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $3.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.82 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.82 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.82 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $3.83 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.86 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.86 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $3.92 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $3.97 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $3.97 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $3.97 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.00 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.04 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $4.62 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.73 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.46 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.46 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.46 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.46 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.46 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $5.53 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.37 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $6.52 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $6.62 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6.62 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $6.78 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $6.78 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.92 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $6.95 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.21 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $7.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $7.98 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $8.15 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $8.15 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $9.46 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.54 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $12.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $12.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.20 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $14.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.21 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $15.86 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.86 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $15.86 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $19.17 ↓ -89%
Cigna AllOther $20.07 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $23.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $24.40 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $33.38 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $34.85 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $37.47 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $41.82 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.70 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $44.44 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $44.96 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $58.90 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $60.99 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $69.71 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $77.38 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $78.42 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $78.42 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $85.39 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $87.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $91.84 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $95.85 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $95.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $95.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $95.85 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $95.85 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $97.59 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $101.08 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $102.65 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $102.65 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $116.76 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $121.99 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $121.99 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $121.99 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $123.73 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $130.70 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $139.42 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $139.42 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $148.13 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $155.10 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $174.27 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $174.27 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $174.27 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $23.33 $3.06 – $29.16
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