Artery x-rays chest 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

$6,220.53

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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.

$6,220.53

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.

$162.92 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $11,833.37 with BCBS — 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 $162.92 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $165.40 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $165.40 ↓ -97%
United STAR $165.40 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $165.40 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $165.40 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $165.40 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $165.40 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $165.40 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $165.40 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $165.40 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $173.67 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $174.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $178.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $178.63 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $181.94 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $181.94 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $181.94 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $181.94 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $206.75 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $238.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $255.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $255.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $300.06 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $350.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $350.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $350.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $350.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $350.74 ↓ -94%
Cigna LocalPlus $413.45 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $413.87 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $461.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $461.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $461.80 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $463.90 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $551.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $584.46 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $676.43 ↓ -89%
Cigna QHP $701.48 ↓ -89%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,002.11 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,077.27 ↓ -83%
Unicare CHIP $1,202.54 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,227.59 ↓ -80%
Evry Health COMM $1,292.73 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,586.24 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,693.57 ↓ -73%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,004.23 ↓ -68%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,004.23 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,177.19 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,224.69 ↓ -64%
City of McKinney COMM $2,254.76 ↓ -64%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,254.76 ↓ -64%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,455.18 ↓ -61%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,505.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASA $2,640.57 ↓ -58%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,755.81 ↓ -56%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,755.81 ↓ -56%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,755.81 ↓ -56%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,755.81 ↓ -56%
Aetna WCOMP $2,755.81 ↓ -56%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,805.92 ↓ -55%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,906.13 ↓ -53%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,951.23 ↓ -53%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,951.23 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,357.08 ↓ -46%
United SmallGroup $3,365.20 ↓ -46%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,365.20 ↓ -46%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,507.40 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,507.40 ↓ -44%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,507.40 ↓ -44%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,557.50 ↓ -43%
BCBS BluePremier $3,602.66 ↓ -42%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,630.38 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,630.38 ↓ -42%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,757.93 ↓ -40%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,008.46 ↓ -36%
USC Health Services COMM $4,008.46 ↓ -36%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,258.98 ↓ -32%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,459.41 ↓ -28%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,010.57 ↓ -19%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,010.57 ↓ -19%
Unicare MCD $5,010.57 ↓ -19%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +4%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,780.28 ↑ +73%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,780.28 ↑ +73%
BCBS EPOSOA $11,306.82 ↑ +82%
BCBS PPO $11,833.37 ↑ +90%

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Artery x-rays chest at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $4,833.30 $165.40 – $178.63
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $463.90 – $463.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,498.28 $514.23 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,943.48 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,498.28 $176.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,498.28 $165.40 – $7,896.23

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