X-ray exam of mastoids 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.
$37.85 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $478.58 with BCBS — 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 |
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| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $37.85 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $38.43 | — |
| United | CHIP | $38.43 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $38.43 | — |
| United | STAR | $38.43 | — |
| United | STARKids | $38.43 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $38.43 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $38.43 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $38.43 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $38.43 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $38.43 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $40.35 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $41.50 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $41.50 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $42.27 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $42.27 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $42.27 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $42.27 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $48.04 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $50.46 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $69.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $74.11 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $74.11 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $86.92 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $96.63 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $115.96 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $116.07 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $129.52 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $129.52 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $129.52 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $145.70 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $163.92 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray exam of mastoids at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $193.41 | $38.43 – $272.35 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $38.43 – $41.50 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $96.63 – $96.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $279.82 | $57.60 – $419.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $293.81 | $38.43 – $367.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $193.41 | $38.43 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $279.82 | $41.12 – $419.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $279.82 | $38.43 – $419.72 |