Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) 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

$4,084.13

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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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$4,084.13

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.

$218.87 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,084.13 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 $218.87 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $222.20 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $222.20 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $222.20 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $222.20 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $222.20 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $222.20 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $222.20 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $222.20 ↓ -95%
United STAR $222.20 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $222.20 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $233.31 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $239.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $239.98 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $244.42 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $244.42 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $244.42 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $244.42 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $277.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $281.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $285.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $285.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $285.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $285.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $285.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $293.63 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $293.63 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $313.62 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $449.25 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $551.36 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $571.78 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $816.83 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $878.09 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 ↓ -77%
Unicare CHIP $980.19 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $995.08 ↓ -76%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $1,077.78 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,380.44 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,429.45 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,633.65 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,813.35 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,837.86 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,837.86 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,001.22 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,042.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,152.34 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,246.27 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,246.27 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,246.27 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,246.27 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,246.27 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,287.11 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,368.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,405.55 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,405.55 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,736.37 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,858.89 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,858.89 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,899.73 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,063.10 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $3,267.30 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,267.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,471.51 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,634.88 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,084.13 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $4,084.13 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,084.13 ↑ +0%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,674.86 $222.20 – $3,343.57
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,394.15 $222.20 – $239.98
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,077.78 – $1,077.78
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,908.13 $1,085.97 – $1,085.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,268.08 $314.76 – $3,402.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,485.31 $222.20 – $3,106.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,674.86 $222.20 – $3,343.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,268.08 $227.71 – $3,402.13

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