Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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.

$85.90 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,849.81 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $85.90
United STARKids $87.21
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $87.21
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $87.21
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $87.21
Amerigroup MGMCD $87.21
Amerigroup CHIP $87.21
United CHIP $87.21
United STARPerinate $87.21
United STARPLUS $87.21
United STAR $87.21
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $91.57
Aetna Better Health MCD $94.19
Aetna Better Health CHIP $94.19
Molina STARKIDS $95.93
Molina MCDSTAR $95.93
Molina CHIP $95.93
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.93
Aetna QHPHIX $101.17
Humana MGMCD $109.01
Superior Health Plan STARKids $129.49
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $129.49
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $129.49
Superior Health Plan CHIP $129.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $129.49
Aetna NewBusiness $138.72
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
Aetna Meritain $148.60
Aetna COMM $148.60
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna OON $174.28
Optum Health MCD $203.48
Cigna LocalPlus $233.44
Cigna NewBusiness $233.67
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $249.72
Humana COMM $251.90
Cigna QHP $258.97
Cigna NetworkBenefit $260.74
Cigna HMO $260.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $260.74
Cigna AllOther $329.99
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $369.96
United OptionsPPO $397.71
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Unicare CHIP $443.95
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $453.20
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $471.70
Evry Health COMM $477.25
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $625.24
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $647.43
Curative Administrators COMM $739.92
Prominence Health Plan HIX $739.92
BCBS Traditional $821.32
City of McKinney COMM $832.41
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $832.41
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $906.41
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $924.90
Aetna ASA $974.85
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,017.40
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,017.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,017.40
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,017.40
Aetna WCOMP $1,017.40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,035.89
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,072.89
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,089.54
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,089.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,239.37
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,294.87
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,294.87
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,294.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,313.37
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,387.36
USA Managed Care COMM $1,479.85
USC Health Services COMM $1,479.85
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,572.34
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,646.33
Unicare MCD $1,849.81
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,849.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,849.81

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $545.55 $87.21 – $94.19
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $251.90 – $251.90
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,242.44 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $671.72 $138.26 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $604.43 $87.21 – $755.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $671.72 $93.31 – $1,007.59

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