Waist belt 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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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.

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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.

$111.59 with Humana vs $649.91 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $111.59
BCBS MCRPPO $112.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $112.78
WellMed MGMCR $114.46
Devoted Health MCR $115.04
Devoted Health MME $115.04
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $115.04
Devoted Health SNP $115.04
Devoted Health PPO $115.04
Humana MGMCR $115.04
Devoted Health POS $115.04
Amerigroup DualEligible $115.04
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $115.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $115.04
Devoted Health HMO $115.04
United MGMCR $115.62
Aetna MCR $116.02
Care N Care MGMCR $116.19
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $117.34
WellCare MGMCR $118.49
Integranet MGMCR $118.49
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $120.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $120.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $120.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $120.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $120.79
ProCare Advantge MCR $120.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $120.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $120.79
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $121.94
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $121.94
Molina MME $125.39
Molina MMP $125.39
Molina MCR $125.39
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $126.54
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $138.05
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $149.55
Bravo Health MCRPPO $172.56
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $172.56
Bravo Health MCRSNP $172.56
Bravo Health MCRHMO $172.56
Bravo Health MCRPOS $172.56
Superior ValueHMO $205.92
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $218.58
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $227.78
Superior EPO $257.69
Superior HMO $257.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $301.40
Humana COMM $649.91

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MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $115.04 – $301.40
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $112.74 – $247.34
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HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $112.74 – $247.34
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $112.74 – $247.34
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