Liver imaging 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

$2,309.69

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.

$2,309.69

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.

$161.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,309.69 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 STARHealth $161.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $161.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $161.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $161.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $161.68 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $176.41 ↓ -92%
United STARPerinate $179.10 ↓ -92%
United STARKids $179.10 ↓ -92%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $179.10 ↓ -92%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $179.10 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $179.10 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup CHIP $179.10 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $179.10 ↓ -92%
United CHIP $179.10 ↓ -92%
United STARPLUS $179.10 ↓ -92%
United STAR $179.10 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $188.06 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $193.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $193.43 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $197.01 ↓ -91%
Molina MCDSTAR $197.01 ↓ -91%
Molina CHIP $197.01 ↓ -91%
Molina STAR+PLUS $197.01 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $223.88 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $229.10 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $230.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $230.86 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $254.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $270.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $311.81 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $323.36 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $370.20 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $396.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $396.57 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $461.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $465.12 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $496.58 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $554.33 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $565.87 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $588.97 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $595.90 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $685.53 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $685.53 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $704.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $719.02 ↓ -69%
BCBS PPO $752.50 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $780.68 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $808.39 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $923.88 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $923.88 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,025.50 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,039.36 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,039.36 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,131.75 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,154.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,217.21 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,270.33 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,270.33 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,270.33 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,270.33 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,270.33 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,293.43 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,339.62 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,360.41 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,360.41 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,547.49 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,616.78 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,616.78 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,616.78 ↓ -30%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,623.62 ↓ -30%
United SmallGroup $1,623.62 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,639.88 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,732.27 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,847.75 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,847.75 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,963.24 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,055.62 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,309.69 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,309.69 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,309.69 ↑ +0%

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