Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) 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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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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,918.77 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 $103.18
United STAR $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Aetna QHPHIX $125.41
Humana MGMCD $130.94
Superior Health Plan STARKids $134.31
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $134.31
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $134.31
Superior Health Plan CHIP $134.31
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $134.31
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $171.95
Aetna Meritain $184.20
Aetna COMM $184.20
Optum Health MCD $211.06
Aetna OON $216.05
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $259.03
Cigna QHP $268.63
Cigna LocalPlus $287.71
Cigna NewBusiness $288.00
Humana COMM $310.32
Cigna NetworkBenefit $321.35
Cigna HMO $321.35
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $321.35
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $383.75
Cigna AllOther $406.71
United OptionsPPO $412.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
Unicare CHIP $460.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $470.10
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $489.29
Evry Health COMM $495.04
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $648.54
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $671.57
Curative Administrators COMM $767.51
Prominence Health Plan HIX $767.51
BCBS Traditional $851.93
City of McKinney COMM $863.45
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $863.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $940.20
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $959.38
Aetna ASA $1,011.19
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,055.32
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,055.32
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,055.32
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,055.32
Aetna WCOMP $1,055.32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,074.51
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,112.89
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,130.16
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,130.16
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,285.58
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,343.14
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,343.14
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,343.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,362.33
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,439.08
USA Managed Care COMM $1,535.02
USC Health Services COMM $1,535.02
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,630.95
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,707.71
Unicare MCD $1,918.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,918.77
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,918.77

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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $691.73 $99.77 – $864.66
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $742.20 $104.75 – $113.13
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $708.00 $99.51 – $428.64
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $708.00 $99.51 – $428.64
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $310.32 – $310.32
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,161.71 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $673.36 $138.60 – $1,010.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $673.36 $99.77 – $841.70

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