Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at Methodist Charlton Medical Center
3500 W Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX · Methodisthealthsystem · · NPI 1275592131
$43.75
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.
$87.50
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.
$2.13 with UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5015] vs $18.00 with WEB TPA [3049] — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5015] | MHS HB UNITED MEDICAID STAR PLUS MCMC | $2.13 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS MY BLUE HEALTH MCMC | $6.81 | ↓ -84% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5005] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCMC | $9.20 | ↓ -79% |
| SUPERIOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5007] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCMC | $9.20 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK MCMC | $12.03 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PREMIER MCMC | $12.03 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS CITY OF DALLAS MCMC | $12.48 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HMO MCMC | $12.77 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS TRADITIONAL MCMC | $13.88 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PPO MCMC | $13.88 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA [3004] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCMC | $18.00 | ↓ -59% |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCMC | $18.00 | ↓ -59% |
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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $146.40 | $7.76 – $38.79 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $100.80 | $3.72 – $3.72 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $84.00 | $6.81 – $16.36 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | not published | $7.91 – $48.29 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $8.15 – $39.49 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $554.84 | $10.97 – $10.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $146.40 | $5.64 – $41.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $146.40 | $5.48 – $34.23 |