Lateral thoracic extension 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.

$291.66 with Humana vs $1,698.72 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $291.66
BCBS MCRPPO $294.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $294.78
WellMed MGMCR $299.18
Devoted Health MCR $300.68
Devoted Health MME $300.68
Triwest Veterans FEDERAL $300.68
Devoted Health SNP $300.68
Devoted Health PPO $300.68
Humana MGMCR $300.68
Devoted Health POS $300.68
Amerigroup DualEligible $300.68
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $300.68
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $300.68
Devoted Health HMO $300.68
United MGMCR $302.18
Aetna MCR $303.24
Care N Care MGMCR $303.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $306.69
WellCare MGMCR $309.70
Integranet MGMCR $309.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $315.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $315.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $315.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $315.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $315.71
ProCare Advantge MCR $315.71
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $315.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $315.71
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $318.72
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $318.72
Molina MME $327.74
Molina MMP $327.74
Molina MCR $327.74
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $330.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $360.82
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $390.88
Bravo Health MCRPPO $451.02
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $451.02
Bravo Health MCRSNP $451.02
Bravo Health MCRHMO $451.02
Bravo Health MCRPOS $451.02
Superior ValueHMO $538.22
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $571.29
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $595.35
Superior EPO $673.52
Superior HMO $673.52
Molina Healthcare HIX $787.78
Humana COMM $1,698.72

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Lateral thoracic extension at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $300.68 – $787.78
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $294.67 – $646.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $294.67 – $646.46
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $294.67 – $646.46
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $294.67 – $646.46
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $294.67 – $646.46
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $294.67 – $646.46
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $294.67 – $646.46

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