Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$904.46

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.

$904.46

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.

$63.31 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.46 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $63.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $63.31 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $99.49 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $122.10 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $126.62 ↓ -86%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $173.11 ↓ -81%
United STARPerinate $175.75 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.75 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup CHIP $175.75 ↓ -81%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.75 ↓ -81%
United CHIP $175.75 ↓ -81%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.75 ↓ -81%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.75 ↓ -81%
United STAR $175.75 ↓ -81%
United STARKids $175.75 ↓ -81%
United STARPLUS $175.75 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $180.89 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $184.54 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.81 ↓ -79%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.81 ↓ -79%
Molina STAR+PLUS $193.33 ↓ -79%
Molina MCDSTAR $193.33 ↓ -79%
Molina CHIP $193.33 ↓ -79%
Molina STARKIDS $193.33 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $194.46 ↓ -78%
BCBS BluePremier $197.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $199.24 ↓ -78%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $199.24 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $217.07 ↓ -76%
Humana MGMCD $219.69 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $221.59 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $230.64 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $233.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPHIX $239.59 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $280.29 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $305.71 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $316.56 ↓ -65%
Aetna NewBusiness $328.50 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMM $351.90 ↓ -61%
Aetna Meritain $351.90 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $361.78 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $361.78 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $401.58 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $407.01 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $407.01 ↓ -55%
Aetna OON $412.73 ↓ -54%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $443.19 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $452.23 ↓ -50%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -48%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $476.65 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $497.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $497.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $497.45 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $497.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $497.45 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $506.50 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $524.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $532.73 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $532.73 ↓ -41%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $591.63 ↓ -35%
BCBS BlueEssentials $591.63 ↓ -35%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $605.99 ↓ -33%
BCBS EPOSOA $620.53 ↓ -31%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $633.12 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $633.12 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $633.12 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $642.17 ↓ -29%
BCBS PPO $649.42 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $678.35 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $723.57 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $723.57 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $768.79 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $804.97 ↓ -11%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -6%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $904.46 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $904.46 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $904.46 ↑ +0%

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Cardiac shunt imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,354.80 $171.08 – $1,693.50
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $175.75 – $189.81
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $607.52 – $607.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,351.68 $278.22 – $2,027.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,284.09 $171.08 – $1,605.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,354.80 $171.08 – $1,693.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,351.68 $183.06 – $2,027.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,351.68 $171.08 – $2,027.52

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