X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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.

$58.91 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,056.35 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.

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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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $58.91
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $59.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $59.81
United CHIP $59.81
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $59.81
United STAR $59.81
United STARKids $59.81
United STARPLUS $59.81
United STARPerinate $59.81
Amerigroup CHIP $59.81
Aetna QHPHIX $60.03
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $62.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $64.59
Molina MCDSTAR $65.79
Molina CHIP $65.79
Molina STAR+PLUS $65.79
Molina STARKIDS $65.79
Humana MGMCD $74.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $82.13
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $82.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $82.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $82.13
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $82.13
Aetna NewBusiness $82.31
Aetna COMM $88.17
Aetna Meritain $88.17
Aetna OON $103.41
Humana COMM $115.15
Optum Health MCD $129.06
Cigna LocalPlus $136.61
Cigna NewBusiness $136.75
Cigna NetworkBenefit $152.59
Cigna HMO $152.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.59
Cigna IFP $158.39
Cigna QHP $164.25
Cigna AllOther $193.12
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $234.65
United OptionsPPO $252.25
Unicare CHIP $281.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $287.45
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $299.18
Evry Health COMM $302.70
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
United SmallGroup $313.62
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $396.56
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $410.64
Curative Administrators COMM $469.30
Prominence Health Plan HIX $469.30
BCBS Traditional $520.92
City of McKinney COMM $527.96
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $527.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $574.89
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $586.63
Aetna ASA $618.30
BCBS BluePremier $626.05
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $630.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $630.87
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $645.29
Aetna WCOMP $645.29
Cigna Lifesource COMM $645.29
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $645.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $645.29
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $657.02
Averde Health, Inc PPO $680.49
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $691.04
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $691.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $786.08
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $821.27
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $821.27
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $821.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $833.01
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $879.94
USC Health Services COMM $938.60
USA Managed Care COMM $938.60
Galaxy Health Network PPO $997.26
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,044.19
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
Unicare MCD $1,173.25
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,173.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,173.25
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,873.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,873.35
BCBS EPOSOA $1,964.85
BCBS PPO $2,056.35

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $404.40 $59.81 – $64.59
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $442.50 $56.82 – $1,449.58
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $442.50 $56.82 – $1,482.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $115.15 – $115.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.93 $123.90 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64

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