Artery x-rays lung 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

$6,231.70

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$6,231.70

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.

$120.87 with BCBS vs $6,438.74 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS BluePremier $120.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $121.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.80 ↓ -98%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $132.97 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $134.99 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $134.99 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $134.99 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $134.99 ↓ -98%
United STAR $134.99 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $134.99 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $134.99 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $134.99 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $134.99 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $134.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $135.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $141.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $145.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $145.79 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $148.49 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $148.49 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $148.49 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $148.49 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $168.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $186.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $199.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $199.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $234.04 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $318.43 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $318.75 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $355.67 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $355.67 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $355.67 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $361.69 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $361.69 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $379.36 ↓ -94%
Humana COMM $385.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $397.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $436.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $436.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $436.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $436.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $436.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $450.14 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $685.49 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $841.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $872.44 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,246.34 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,327.01 ↓ -79%
United SmallGroup $1,327.01 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,339.82 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $1,495.61 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,526.77 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,589.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,607.78 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,106.31 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,181.09 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,492.68 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,492.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,766.87 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,804.26 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,804.26 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,053.53 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,115.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,284.11 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $3,427.43 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,427.43 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,427.43 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,427.43 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,427.43 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,489.75 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,614.39 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,670.47 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,670.47 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $4,175.24 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,362.19 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,362.19 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,362.19 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,424.51 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,673.77 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,985.36 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,985.36 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,296.94 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $5,546.21 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,231.70 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,231.70 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $6,231.70 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +3%

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,895.25 $134.99 – $145.79
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $385.57 – $385.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,168.15 $312.41 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,168.15 $144.44 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,168.15 $134.99 – $7,896.23

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