Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) 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

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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.

$84.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,202.11 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $84.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $84.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $84.15
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $84.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $84.15
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $103.18
United STAR $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
Optum Health MCD $132.23
Aetna QHPHIX $134.43
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna IFP $162.28
Cigna QHP $168.30
Aetna NewBusiness $184.31
Aetna COMM $197.44
Aetna Meritain $197.44
Aetna OON $231.57
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $240.42
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United OptionsPPO $258.45
Unicare CHIP $288.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $294.52
Cigna LocalPlus $305.76
Cigna NewBusiness $306.06
Evry Health COMM $310.14
Humana COMM $333.05
Cigna NetworkBenefit $341.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $341.51
Cigna HMO $341.51
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $406.31
Cigna AllOther $432.22
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Prominence Health Plan HIX $480.84
Curative Administrators COMM $480.84
BCBS Traditional $533.74
City of McKinney COMM $540.95
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $540.95
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $546.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $589.03
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $601.05
Aetna ASA $633.51
Cigna Lifesource COMM $661.16
Aetna WCOMP $661.16
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $661.16
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $661.16
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $661.16
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $673.18
Averde Health, Inc PPO $697.22
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $708.04
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $708.04
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $750.72
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $805.41
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $841.48
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $841.48
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $841.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $853.50
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $901.58
USC Health Services COMM $961.69
USA Managed Care COMM $961.69
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,021.79
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,069.88
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,202.11
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,202.11
Unicare MCD $1,202.11

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $785.55 $104.75 – $113.13
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $333.05 – $333.05
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,356.39 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $714.97 $141.23 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $537.43 $99.77 – $671.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $714.97 $99.77 – $1,072.45

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