Abdominal MRI (with and 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

$8,373.93

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.

$8,373.93

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.

$343.27 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $8,373.93 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 $343.27 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $348.50 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $348.50 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $348.50 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $348.50 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $348.50 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $348.50 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $348.50 ↓ -96%
United STAR $348.50 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $348.50 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $348.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $365.93 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $376.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $376.38 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $383.35 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $383.35 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $383.35 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $383.35 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $435.63 ↓ -95%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $462.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $586.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $586.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $586.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $586.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $586.18 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $616.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $921.13 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $1,130.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,172.35 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $1,277.17 ↓ -85%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,674.79 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,800.39 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $2,009.74 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,830.39 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,930.88 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,349.57 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,718.02 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,768.27 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,768.27 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $4,103.23 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,186.97 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,413.06 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $4,605.66 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,605.66 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,605.66 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,605.66 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,605.66 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,689.40 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,856.88 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,932.24 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,932.24 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $5,610.53 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,861.75 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,861.75 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,945.49 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,280.45 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $6,699.14 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,699.14 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,117.84 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $7,452.80 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $8,373.93 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,373.93 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,373.93 ↑ +0%

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,810.24 $332.94 – $4,762.80
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $3,264.90 $348.50 – $376.38
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,277.17 – $1,277.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,061.80 $494.01 – $4,592.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,387.55 $332.94 – $4,234.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,810.24 $332.94 – $4,762.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,061.80 $332.94 – $4,592.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,061.80 $348.50 – $4,592.70

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