Cholesterol body fluid at Methodist Dallas Medical Center
1441 N Beckley Ave, Dallas, TX · Methodisthealthsystem · · NPI 1528027786
$416.00
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.
$832.00
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.
$6.11 with AETNA [3000] vs $9.10 with AETNA TRANSPLANT NETWORK [3025] — 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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| AETNA [3000] | MHS HB AETNA CVS MDMC | $6.11 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA [3000] | MHS HB AETNA EXCHANGE MDMC | $6.11 | ↓ -99% |
| EVRY HEALTH [1013] | MHS HB EVRY MDMC | $6.50 | ↓ -98% |
| KEMPTON GROUP ADMINISTRATORS, TOWER EXTRUSIONS [3061] | MHS HB TOWER EXTRUSIONS MDMC | $6.50 | ↓ -98% |
| PROVIDER PARTNERS HEALTH PLAN [7025] | MHS HB PROVIDERS PARTNER HEALTH MDMC | $7.80 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICAL COST CONTAINMENT PROFESSIONALS [3059] | MHS HB MEDICAL COST CONTAINMENT MDMC | $7.80 | ↓ -98% |
| VELOCITY [3070] | MHS HB VELOCITY MDMC | $8.45 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA TRANSPLANT NETWORK [3025] | MHS HB AETNA TRANSPLANT NETWORK MDMC | $9.10 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA MANAGED CARE [2068] | MHS HB AETNA WHOLE HEALTH MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTHEZ AETNA SIGNATURE ADMINISTRATORS [3074] | MHS HB AETNA HMO PPO MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA [3000] | MHS HB AETNA BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH PLAN TRS [3062] | MHS HB AETNA BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA [3000] | MHS HB AETNA HMO PPO MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB AETNA HMO PPO MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| WEB TPA [3049] | MHS HB AETNA WHOLE HEALTH MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA COMMERCIAL [2042] | MHS HB AETNA TEXAS ADVANTAGE MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA COMMERCIAL [2042] | MHS HB AETNA TX PREF PLUS II MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA MANAGED CARE [2068] | MHS HB AETNA TEXAS ADVANTAGE MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA MANAGED CARE [2068] | MHS HB AETNA TX PREF PLUS II MDMC | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholesterol body fluid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $100.35 | $7.11 – $10.28 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | not published | $92.21 – $92.21 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $716.44 | $99.55 – $99.55 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $462.06 | $99.55 – $99.55 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $136.71 | $53.34 – $275.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $24.90 | $14.50 – $96.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $523.04 | $99.55 – $99.55 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $100.35 | $7.11 – $10.28 |