Knee X-ray (1 to 2 views, both knees) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$33.89 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $836.42 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $33.89 | — |
| United | STARKids | $34.41 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $34.41 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $34.41 | — |
| United | STAR | $34.41 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $34.41 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $34.41 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $34.41 | — |
| United | CHIP | $34.41 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $34.41 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $34.41 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $36.13 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $37.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $37.16 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $37.85 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $37.85 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $37.85 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $37.85 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $43.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $58.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $58.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $58.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $58.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $58.55 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $60.09 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $64.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $64.18 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $75.96 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $92.01 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $101.76 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $101.86 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $109.34 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $109.34 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $112.92 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $113.66 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $113.66 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $113.66 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $117.10 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $143.85 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $167.28 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $174.81 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $200.74 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $204.92 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $215.80 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $282.71 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $325.62 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $334.57 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $334.57 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $341.59 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $346.28 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $357.55 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $376.39 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $376.39 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $376.39 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $409.85 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $418.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $422.39 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $460.03 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $460.03 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $460.03 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $460.03 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $460.03 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $468.40 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $479.27 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $479.27 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $485.12 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $560.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $585.49 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $585.49 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $593.86 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $627.32 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $627.32 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $669.14 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $669.14 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $710.96 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $744.41 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $836.42 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $836.42 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $836.42 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Knee X-ray (1 to 2 views, both knees) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $273.20 | $34.41 – $341.50 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $383.10 | $34.41 – $37.16 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $135.00 | $32.69 – $230.87 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $135.00 | $32.69 – $236.04 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $34.41 – $34.41 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $558.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $277.32 | $57.08 – $415.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $379.64 | $34.41 – $474.55 |