Ankle X-ray 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.

$36.20 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $964.13 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $36.20
Amerigroup CHIP $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
United STARPerinate $36.75
United STARPLUS $36.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.75
United STARKids $36.75
United STAR $36.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $36.75
United CHIP $36.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43
Molina CHIP $40.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43
Molina STARKIDS $40.43
Humana MGMCD $45.94
Aetna QHPHIX $47.64
Aetna NewBusiness $65.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $67.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.49
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $67.49
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $67.49
Aetna Meritain $69.97
Aetna COMM $69.97
Aetna OON $82.07
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Optum Health MCD $106.05
Cigna LocalPlus $110.78
Cigna NewBusiness $110.89
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.74
Cigna HMO $123.74
Cigna NetworkBenefit $123.74
Cigna IFP $130.16
Cigna QHP $134.98
Cigna AllOther $156.61
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $192.83
United OptionsPPO $207.29
Unicare CHIP $231.39
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $236.21
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $245.85
Evry Health COMM $248.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $325.88
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $337.45
BCBS PPO $340.79
Curative Administrators COMM $385.65
Prominence Health Plan HIX $385.65
BCBS Traditional $428.07
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $433.86
City of McKinney COMM $433.86
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $472.42
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $482.06
Aetna ASA $508.10
Cigna Lifesource COMM $530.27
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $530.27
Aetna WCOMP $530.27
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $530.27
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $530.27
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $539.91
Averde Health, Inc PPO $559.20
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $567.87
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $567.87
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $645.97
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $674.89
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $674.89
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $674.89
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $684.53
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $723.10
USA Managed Care COMM $771.30
USC Health Services COMM $771.30
Galaxy Health Network PPO $819.51
Optum Health (URN) COMM $858.08
Independent Medical Systems COMM $964.13
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $964.13
Unicare MCD $964.13

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Ankle X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $404.40 $36.75 – $39.69
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $90.94 – $90.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $663.23 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $325.59 $67.02 – $488.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $356.32 $36.75 – $445.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $325.59 $39.32 – $488.38

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