Chest CT scan (with and 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

$6,927.29

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.

$6,927.29

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.

$172.43 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $6,927.29 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 $172.43 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $175.06 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $175.06 ↓ -97%
United STAR $175.06 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.06 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.06 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $175.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $175.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $192.57 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $218.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $220.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -95%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $484.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $484.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $484.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $484.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $484.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $667.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $762.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $935.18 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $969.82 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -85%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,385.46 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,489.37 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $1,662.55 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,341.42 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,424.55 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,770.92 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,075.72 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,117.28 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,117.28 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,394.37 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,463.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,650.68 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,810.01 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,810.01 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,810.01 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,810.01 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,810.01 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,879.28 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,017.83 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,080.17 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,080.17 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $4,641.28 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,849.10 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,849.10 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,918.38 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,195.47 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,541.83 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,541.83 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,888.20 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $6,165.29 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $6,927.29 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,927.29 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,927.29 ↑ +0%

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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $3,264.90 $175.06 – $189.06
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $2,547.50 $166.31 – $716.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $2,547.50 $166.31 – $716.35
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $667.79 – $667.79
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,690.98 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,366.31 $236.02 – $3,549.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,676.20 $167.39 – $3,345.26

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