Hip X-ray 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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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.

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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.

$47.06 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,053.51 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $47.06
United STARPerinate $47.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.78
United STARPLUS $47.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $47.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $47.78
United STARKids $47.78
United STAR $47.78
Amerigroup CHIP $47.78
United CHIP $47.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $50.17
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.60
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.60
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.56
Molina MCDSTAR $52.56
Molina STARKIDS $52.56
Molina CHIP $52.56
Humana MGMCD $59.73
Aetna QHPHIX $60.60
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $73.75
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $73.75
Superior Health Plan STARKids $73.75
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $73.75
Superior Health Plan CHIP $73.75
Aetna NewBusiness $83.08
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna Meritain $89.00
Aetna COMM $89.00
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
Aetna OON $104.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Optum Health MCD $115.89
Humana COMM $120.85
Cigna LocalPlus $140.51
Cigna NewBusiness $140.65
Cigna IFP $142.22
Cigna QHP $147.49
Cigna NetworkBenefit $156.93
Cigna HMO $156.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $156.93
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna AllOther $198.62
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $210.70
United OptionsPPO $226.50
Unicare CHIP $252.84
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $258.11
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $268.65
Evry Health COMM $271.81
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $356.09
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $368.73
Prominence Health Plan HIX $421.40
Curative Administrators COMM $421.40
BCBS Traditional $467.76
City of McKinney COMM $474.08
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $474.08
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $516.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $526.75
Aetna ASA $555.20
Aetna WCOMP $579.43
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $579.43
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $579.43
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $579.43
Cigna Lifesource COMM $579.43
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $589.97
Averde Health, Inc PPO $611.04
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $620.52
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $620.52
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $705.85
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $737.46
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $737.46
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $737.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $747.99
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $790.13
USC Health Services COMM $842.81
USA Managed Care COMM $842.81
Galaxy Health Network PPO $895.48
Optum Health (URN) COMM $937.62
Unicare MCD $1,053.51
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,053.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,053.51

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Hip X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $404.40 $47.78 – $51.60
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS $688.18 $120.85 – $120.85
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $418.00 $45.39 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $418.00 $45.39 – $236.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $656.42 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $301.92 $62.15 – $452.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $310.59 $47.78 – $388.24

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