CT upper extremity without 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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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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,616.76 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $103.18
United STARKids $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STAR $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS BluePremier $135.62
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.22
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $253.17
Superior Health Plan STARKids $253.17
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $253.17
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $253.17
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $253.17
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00
Optum Health MCD $397.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Cigna IFP $488.26
Cigna QHP $506.35
Humana COMM $519.66
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $723.35
United OptionsPPO $777.60
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Unicare CHIP $868.02
Aetna OON $1,006.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,222.46
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,265.87
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,446.70
BCBS Traditional $1,605.84
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,627.54
City of McKinney COMM $1,627.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,772.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,808.38
Aetna ASA $1,906.03
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,989.22
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,989.22
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,989.22
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,989.22
Aetna WCOMP $1,989.22
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,025.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,097.72
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,130.27
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,130.27
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,423.23
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,531.73
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,531.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,567.90
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,712.57
USC Health Services COMM $2,893.41
USA Managed Care COMM $2,893.41
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,074.25
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,218.92
Unicare MCD $3,616.76
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,616.76
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,616.76

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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,847.32 $99.77 – $2,309.14
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,991.85 $104.75 – $113.13
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,675.00 $99.51 – $428.64
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,675.00 $99.51 – $428.64
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $519.66 – $519.66
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,977.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,408.54 $141.23 – $2,112.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,951.64 $99.77 – $2,439.55

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