Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL

1596 W Main St, LEWISVILLE, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1255384533

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.

$0.69 with Humana vs $39.09 with Unicare — 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
Humana Tricare $0.69
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.86
BCBS BluePremier $1.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $1.26
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.32
BCBS EPOSOA $1.32
United AllPayerAppendix $1.32
United SmallGroup $1.32
BCBS PPO $1.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.74
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.74
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.74
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.74
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.74
Cigna LocalPlus $3.99
Cigna NewBusiness $4.00
Humana COMM $4.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.46
Cigna HMO $4.46
Cigna NetworkBenefit $4.46
Aetna QHPHIX $5.28
Cigna IFP $5.28
Cigna QHP $5.47
Cigna AllOther $5.64
United OptionsPPO $7.78
Aetna NewBusiness $7.78
Aetna Meritain $8.33
Aetna COMM $8.33
Unicare CHIP $9.38
Aetna OON $9.81
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $13.21
BCBS Traditional $17.36
City of McKinney COMM $17.59
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $19.55
Aetna ASA $20.60
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $21.50
Aetna WCOMP $21.50
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $21.50
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $21.50
Averde Health, Inc PPO $22.67
USC Health Services COMM $23.45
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $27.36
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $27.36
Jostens WCOMP $27.36
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $28.42
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $29.32
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $29.32
USA Managed Care COMM $31.27
Galaxy Health Network PPO $33.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $39.09
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $39.09
Unicare MCD $39.09

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