Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at Methodist Charlton Medical Center
3500 W Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX · Methodisthealthsystem · · NPI 1275592131
$27.00
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.
$54.00
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.
$0.33 with BCBS [3001] vs $7.31 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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| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS MY BLUE HEALTH MCMC | $0.33 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PREMIER MCMC | $0.59 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK MCMC | $0.59 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS CITY OF DALLAS MCMC | $0.61 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS HMO MCMC | $0.63 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS TRADITIONAL MCMC | $0.68 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS [3001] | MHS HB BCBS PPO MCMC | $0.68 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5015] | MHS HB UNITED MEDICAID STAR PLUS MCMC | $0.87 | ↓ -97% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5005] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCMC | $3.74 | ↓ -86% |
| SUPERIOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE [5007] | MHS HB MEDICAID 110% STAR PLUS MCMC | $3.74 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA [3004] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCMC | $7.31 | ↓ -73% |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB CUSTOM INK MCMC | $7.31 | ↓ -73% |
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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $58.32 | $0.47 – $8.06 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $58.70 | $0.09 – $0.09 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $43.75 | $0.33 – $1.66 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | not published | $0.20 – $3.03 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $0.49 – $5.51 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $190.78 | $0.27 – $0.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $58.32 | $0.47 – $6.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $58.32 | $0.47 – $5.35 |