Echo transthoracic 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

$4,329.17

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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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$4,329.17

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.

$153.05 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,329.17 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $153.05 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $155.38 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $155.38 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $155.38 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $155.38 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $155.38 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $155.38 ↓ -96%
United STAR $155.38 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $155.38 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $155.38 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $155.38 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $163.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $167.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $167.81 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $170.92 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $170.92 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $170.92 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $170.92 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $194.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $296.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $303.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $303.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $303.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $303.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $303.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $345.89 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $345.89 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $476.21 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $584.44 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $606.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $612.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $612.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $642.74 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $672.92 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $705.65 ↓ -84%
Humana COMM $849.93 ↓ -80%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $865.83 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $900.47 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $930.77 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,030.34 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $1,039.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,060.65 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $1,108.27 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $1,108.27 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,116.93 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,142.90 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,142.90 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,277.11 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,277.11 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $1,277.11 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,298.75 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,463.26 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,515.21 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $1,614.78 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,731.67 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,731.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,922.15 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,948.13 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,948.13 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,121.29 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,164.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,281.47 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,381.04 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,381.04 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,381.04 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,381.04 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,381.04 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,424.34 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,510.92 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,549.88 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,549.88 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,900.54 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,030.42 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,030.42 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,030.42 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,073.71 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,246.88 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,463.34 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $3,463.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,679.79 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,852.96 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,329.17 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,329.17 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $4,329.17 ↑ +0%

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Echo transthoracic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,413.63 $151.70 – $1,767.04
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,332.45 $151.70 – $163.84
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,834.00 $7.85 – $1,449.58
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,834.00 $7.85 – $1,482.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $849.93 – $849.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,470.53 $302.68 – $2,205.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,408.73 $151.70 – $1,760.92
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