Western blot test at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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Cash price 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 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.
$10.22 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $446.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $10.22 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $10.22 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $14.10 | — |
| United | STARKids | $14.31 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $14.31 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $14.31 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $14.31 | — |
| United | CHIP | $14.31 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $14.31 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $14.31 | — |
| United | STAR | $14.31 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $15.03 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $15.45 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $15.45 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $15.74 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $15.74 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $15.74 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $15.74 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $16.94 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $17.03 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $17.03 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $17.03 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $17.03 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $17.03 | — |
| Triwest Veterans | FEDERAL | $17.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $17.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $17.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $17.03 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $17.03 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $17.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $17.03 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $17.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $17.03 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $17.12 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $17.17 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $17.20 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $17.37 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $17.54 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $17.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $17.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $17.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $17.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $17.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $17.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $17.88 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $17.88 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $17.88 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $17.89 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $18.05 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $18.05 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $18.35 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $18.56 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $18.56 | — |
| Molina | MME | $18.56 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $18.73 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $18.92 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $20.44 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $21.67 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $22.14 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $25.55 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $25.55 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $25.55 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $25.55 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $25.55 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $25.89 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $29.80 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $29.80 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $29.84 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $30.48 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $30.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $30.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $31.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $31.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $31.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $31.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $31.29 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $31.78 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $31.78 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $32.36 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $32.53 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $33.72 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $34.06 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $37.41 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $38.15 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $38.15 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $44.28 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $44.62 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $49.16 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $60.34 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $62.57 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $64.58 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $64.64 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $72.13 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $72.13 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $72.13 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $89.39 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $91.29 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $96.09 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $107.27 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $109.50 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $113.97 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $115.31 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $151.07 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $156.43 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $178.78 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $189.14 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $198.44 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $201.12 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $201.12 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $219.00 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $223.47 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $235.54 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $245.82 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $245.82 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $245.82 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $245.82 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $245.82 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $250.29 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $259.23 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $263.25 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $263.25 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $299.45 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $312.86 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $312.86 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $312.86 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $317.33 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $335.20 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $357.55 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $357.55 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $379.90 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $397.78 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $446.94 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $446.94 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $446.94 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $247.50 | $10.00 – $188.15 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $438.00 | $14.31 – $70.57 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $160.50 | $13.59 – $58.56 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $160.50 | $13.59 – $77.47 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $17.03 – $44.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $247.50 | $12.00 – $231.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $247.50 | $12.00 – $197.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $247.50 | $10.00 – $188.15 |