Heart infarct image (ef) 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

$2,081.04

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.

$2,081.04

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.

$145.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,081.04 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $145.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $145.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $145.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $145.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $145.67 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $180.35 ↓ -91%
United STARPerinate $183.10 ↓ -91%
United STARPLUS $183.10 ↓ -91%
United STARKids $183.10 ↓ -91%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $183.10 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $183.10 ↓ -91%
United CHIP $183.10 ↓ -91%
United STAR $183.10 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup CHIP $183.10 ↓ -91%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $183.10 ↓ -91%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $183.10 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $192.25 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $197.75 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $197.75 ↓ -90%
Molina STARKIDS $201.41 ↓ -90%
Molina CHIP $201.41 ↓ -90%
Molina STAR+PLUS $201.41 ↓ -90%
Molina MCDSTAR $201.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $223.02 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $224.73 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $224.73 ↓ -89%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $225.00 ↓ -89%
Humana MGMCD $228.88 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $228.91 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $251.42 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $280.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $291.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $344.72 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $369.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna Meritain $369.27 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $416.21 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $433.11 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $447.42 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $499.45 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $509.85 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $530.67 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $536.91 ↓ -74%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -71%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -71%
Humana COMM $644.91 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $667.33 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $667.33 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $699.92 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $703.39 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $728.36 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $732.52 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $832.42 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $832.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $923.98 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $936.47 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $936.47 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,019.71 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,040.52 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,096.71 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,144.57 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,144.57 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,144.57 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,144.57 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,144.57 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,165.38 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,207.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,225.73 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,225.73 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,394.30 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,456.73 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,456.73 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,456.73 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,477.54 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,560.78 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,664.83 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,664.83 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,768.88 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,852.13 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,081.04 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,081.04 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,081.04 ↑ +0%

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Heart infarct image (ef) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $183.10 – $197.75
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $645.99 – $645.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $442.89 $91.16 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $442.89 $194.48 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97

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