Gastric emptying imag study at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$2,401.68
Cash price 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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,401.68
Gross charge 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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$168.12 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,401.68 with National Healthcare Solutions — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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.
Full explanation →
?
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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $168.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $168.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $168.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $168.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $168.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $264.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $324.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $336.24 | ↓ -86% |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $408.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| United | CHIP | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| United | STAR | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| United | STARKids | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| United | STARPLUS | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| United | STARPerinate | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $414.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $435.05 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $447.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $447.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $455.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $455.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | CHIP | $455.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $455.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $480.34 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $516.36 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $517.91 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $565.49 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $569.84 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $569.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $576.40 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $588.41 | ↓ -76% |
| United | SmallGroup | $611.66 | ↓ -75% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $611.66 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $612.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $617.80 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $619.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | COMM | $744.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $811.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $840.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $847.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | COMM | $907.40 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $907.40 | ↓ -62% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $960.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $960.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,064.27 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,066.35 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,080.76 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,080.76 | ↓ -55% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | ↓ -54% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,176.82 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,200.84 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,265.69 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,320.92 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,320.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,320.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,320.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,320.92 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,344.94 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,392.97 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,414.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,414.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,609.13 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,681.18 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,681.18 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,681.18 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,692.11 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,692.11 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,705.19 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,774.76 | ↓ -26% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,801.26 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,857.41 | ↓ -23% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,921.34 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,921.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,041.43 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $2,137.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,401.68 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,401.68 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,401.68 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Gastric emptying imag study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $414.33 – $447.48 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,766.50 – $1,766.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,770.81 | $364.49 – $2,656.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,770.81 | $397.61 – $2,213.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,770.81 | $425.44 – $2,656.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,770.81 | $397.61 – $2,656.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,770.81 | $397.61 – $2,656.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,770.81 | $397.61 – $2,213.51 |