Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$1,160.47

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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.

$1,160.47

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.

$38.50 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,160.47 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $38.50 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.09 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $39.09 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $39.09 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $39.09 ↓ -97%
United STAR $39.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $39.09 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $39.09 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $39.09 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $39.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $39.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $41.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $42.22 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $42.22 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $43.00 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $43.00 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $43.00 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $43.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $45.95 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $48.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $63.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $67.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $67.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $79.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $81.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $81.23 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $110.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $110.89 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentials $119.15 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $119.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.74 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $123.74 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $123.74 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $124.97 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $127.65 ↓ -89%
Humana COMM $127.97 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $130.79 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna AllOther $156.61 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $156.66 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $162.47 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $232.09 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $249.50 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $278.51 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $284.32 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $295.92 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $299.40 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $392.24 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $406.16 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $464.19 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $464.19 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $515.25 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $522.21 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $522.21 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $568.63 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $580.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $611.57 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $638.26 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $638.26 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $638.26 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $638.26 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $638.26 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $649.86 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $673.07 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $683.52 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $683.52 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $777.51 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $812.33 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $812.33 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $812.33 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $823.93 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $870.35 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $928.38 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $928.38 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $986.40 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,032.82 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $1,160.47 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,160.47 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,160.47 ↑ +0%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $415.80 $39.09 – $42.22
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $127.97 – $127.97
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $567.84 $117.93 – $117.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $398.56 $82.04 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.36 $39.09 – $462.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $398.56 $41.83 – $597.83

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