Intracranial complete study 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.

$160.12 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,287.44 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 STARPLUS $160.12
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $160.12
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $160.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $160.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $160.12
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $230.02
United STARKids $233.52
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $233.52
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $233.52
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $233.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $233.52
Amerigroup CHIP $233.52
United CHIP $233.52
United STARPerinate $233.52
United STAR $233.52
United STARPLUS $233.52
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $245.20
Optum Health MCD $251.62
Aetna Better Health MCD $252.20
Aetna Better Health CHIP $252.20
Molina MCDSTAR $256.87
Molina CHIP $256.87
Molina STAR+PLUS $256.87
Molina STARKIDS $256.87
Humana MGMCD $291.90
Cigna IFP $308.80
Cigna QHP $320.24
Aetna QHPHIX $372.85
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $457.49
Oscar HIX $475.79
United OptionsPPO $491.80
BCBS BluePremier $538.39
Aetna NewBusiness $544.41
Unicare CHIP $548.99
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $560.42
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $583.30
Aetna COMM $585.58
Aetna Meritain $585.58
Evry Health COMM $590.16
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $627.36
BCBS MyBlueHealth $627.36
Aetna OON $686.23
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $773.15
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $800.60
Cigna LocalPlus $870.55
Cigna NewBusiness $871.42
Curative Administrators COMM $914.98
Prominence Health Plan HIX $914.98
Cigna HMO $972.34
Cigna NetworkBenefit $972.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $972.34
BCBS Traditional $1,015.62
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,029.35
City of McKinney COMM $1,029.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,110.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,110.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,120.85
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,143.72
BCBS EPOSOA $1,165.74
Aetna ASA $1,205.48
BCBS PPO $1,220.50
Cigna AllOther $1,230.62
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,258.09
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,258.09
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,258.09
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,258.09
Aetna WCOMP $1,258.09
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,280.97
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,326.72
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,347.30
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,347.30
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,532.58
Humana COMM $1,554.93
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,601.21
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,601.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,601.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,624.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,715.58
USC Health Services COMM $1,829.95
USA Managed Care COMM $1,829.95
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,944.32
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,035.82
Unicare MCD $2,287.44
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,287.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,287.44

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Intracranial complete study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,308.50 $227.71 – $1,635.62
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,288.35 $241.72 – $261.06
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,122.00 $92.59 – $989.12
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,122.00 $92.59 – $989.12
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,554.93 – $1,554.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,308.50 $269.33 – $1,962.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $687.43 $227.71 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,308.50 $227.71 – $1,635.62

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