CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$203.39 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,970.34 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 $203.39
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $206.49
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $206.49
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $206.49
United STARKids $206.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $206.49
Amerigroup CHIP $206.49
United STARPerinate $206.49
United CHIP $206.49
United STARPLUS $206.49
United STAR $206.49
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $216.81
Aetna Better Health MCD $223.01
Aetna Better Health CHIP $223.01
Molina STARKIDS $227.14
Molina MCDSTAR $227.14
Molina CHIP $227.14
Molina STAR+PLUS $227.14
Humana MGMCD $258.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $277.92
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $277.92
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $277.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $277.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $277.92
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
United SmallGroup $341.20
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00
Optum Health MCD $436.74
BCBS BluePremier $462.04
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13
Cigna IFP $536.00
Cigna QHP $555.85
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Humana COMM $660.67
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $794.07
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United OptionsPPO $853.62
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Unicare CHIP $952.88
Aetna OON $1,006.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,341.97
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,389.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,588.14
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
BCBS Traditional $1,762.83
City of McKinney COMM $1,786.65
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,786.65
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,945.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,985.17
Aetna ASA $2,092.37
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,183.69
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,183.69
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,183.69
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,183.69
Aetna WCOMP $2,183.69
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,223.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,302.80
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,338.53
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,338.53
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,660.13
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,779.24
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,779.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,818.94
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,977.76
USC Health Services COMM $3,176.27
USA Managed Care COMM $3,176.27
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,374.79
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,533.60
Unicare MCD $3,970.34
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,970.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,970.34

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CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,394.81 $206.49 – $2,993.51
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,991.85 $206.49 – $223.01
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,925.50 $196.17 – $1,370.84
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,925.50 $196.17 – $1,370.84
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $660.67 – $660.67
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,549.97 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,824.46 $375.53 – $2,736.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,067.90 $206.49 – $2,584.88

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