Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$4,888.94

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.

$4,888.94

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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,888.94 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $103.18 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $135.62 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.22 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $342.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $342.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $342.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $342.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $342.23 ↓ -93%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $361.57 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $537.78 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $660.01 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $684.45 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $977.79 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,051.12 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1,173.35 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,652.46 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,711.13 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,955.58 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,170.69 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,200.02 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,200.02 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,395.58 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,444.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,576.47 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,688.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,688.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,688.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,688.92 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,688.92 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,737.81 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,835.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,879.59 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,879.59 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,275.59 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,422.26 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,422.26 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,471.15 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,666.70 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $3,911.15 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,911.15 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,155.60 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,351.16 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $4,888.94 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,888.94 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,888.94 ↑ +0%

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,177.28 $99.77 – $2,721.60
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,394.15 $104.75 – $113.13
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $361.57 – $361.57
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,079.16 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,670.28 $141.23 – $2,505.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,116.45 $99.77 – $2,645.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,177.28 $99.77 – $2,721.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,670.28 $99.77 – $2,505.42

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