CT scan for localization 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

$4,959.41

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.

$4,959.41

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.

$219.26 with BCBS vs $4,959.41 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
BCBS BluePremier $219.26 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $220.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $220.94 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $347.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $347.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $347.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $347.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $347.16 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $545.54 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $656.09 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentials $656.09 ↓ -87%
Humana COMM $659.23 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $669.52 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $688.13 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $694.32 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $720.18 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $942.29 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $991.88 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,066.27 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1,190.26 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,676.28 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,735.79 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,983.76 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,201.98 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,231.73 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,231.73 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,430.11 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,479.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,613.61 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,727.68 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,727.68 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,727.68 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,727.68 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,727.68 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,777.27 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,876.46 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,921.09 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,921.09 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,322.80 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,471.59 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,471.59 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,521.18 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,719.56 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,967.53 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $3,967.53 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,215.50 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,413.87 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,959.41 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,959.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $4,959.41 ↑ +0%

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