Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$5,123.40
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.
$5,123.40
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.
$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,123.40 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 | $103.18 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $104.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $109.99 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $113.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $113.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $115.23 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $115.23 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $115.23 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $115.23 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $130.94 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $135.62 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $141.22 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $141.22 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -95% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $358.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $358.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $358.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $358.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $358.64 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | COMM | $521.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $563.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $691.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $717.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $1,024.68 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,101.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,229.62 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,731.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,793.19 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,049.36 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,274.79 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,305.53 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,305.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $2,510.47 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,561.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,700.03 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,817.87 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,817.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,817.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,817.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,817.87 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,869.10 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,971.57 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $3,017.68 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $3,017.68 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $3,432.68 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,586.38 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,586.38 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,637.61 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,842.55 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4,098.72 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4,098.72 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,354.89 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $4,559.83 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $5,123.40 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,123.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5,123.40 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,054.79 | $99.77 – $2,568.49 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $2,394.15 | $104.75 – $113.13 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $2,263.00 | $99.51 – $428.64 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $2,263.00 | $99.51 – $428.64 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $521.09 – $521.09 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,007.51 | $522.29 – $522.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,731.42 | $141.23 – $2,597.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,655.02 | $99.77 – $2,068.78 |