X-ray surgical specimen at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$935.40
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.
$935.40
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.
$35.39 with Humana 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | COMM | $35.39 | ↓ -96% |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $42.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $42.57 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPerinate | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| United | CHIP | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STAR | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARKids | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPLUS | $42.78 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $44.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $46.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $46.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $47.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $47.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | CHIP | $47.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $47.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $53.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $58.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMM | $62.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $62.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $65.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $65.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $65.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $65.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $65.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OON | $73.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $102.89 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $104.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $104.43 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | HMO | $116.52 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $116.52 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $116.52 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $126.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $130.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $147.48 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $187.08 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $201.11 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $224.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $229.17 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $238.53 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $241.33 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $316.17 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $327.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $374.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $374.16 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $415.32 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $420.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $420.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $458.35 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $467.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $492.96 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $514.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $514.47 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $514.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $514.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $514.47 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $523.82 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $542.53 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $550.95 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $550.95 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $626.05 | ↓ -33% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $626.72 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $630.87 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $630.87 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $654.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $654.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $654.78 | ↓ -30% |
| United | SmallGroup | $657.03 | ↓ -30% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $657.03 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $664.13 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $701.55 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $748.32 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $748.32 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $795.09 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $832.51 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $935.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $935.40 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $935.40 | ↑ +0% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,873.35 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,873.35 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,964.85 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,056.35 | ↑ +120% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $653.40 | $42.78 – $46.20 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $434.50 | $40.64 – $1,449.58 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $434.50 | $40.64 – $1,482.04 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $35.39 – $35.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $638.62 | $131.45 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |