Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$1,383.94
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.
$1,383.94
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.
$39.50 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,383.94 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 | $39.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $40.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $42.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $43.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $43.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $44.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $44.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $44.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $44.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $48.77 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $50.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $66.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $71.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMM | $71.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OON | $84.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | COMM | $95.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $96.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $96.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $96.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $96.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $96.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $113.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $113.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $126.60 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $126.60 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | HMO | $126.60 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $145.70 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | ↓ -89% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $152.23 | ↓ -89% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -89% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $160.23 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $186.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $193.75 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $276.79 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $297.55 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $332.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $339.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $352.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $357.06 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $467.77 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $484.38 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $553.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $553.58 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $614.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $622.77 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $622.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $678.13 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $691.97 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $729.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $761.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $761.17 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $761.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $761.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $761.17 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $775.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $802.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $815.14 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $815.14 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $927.24 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $968.76 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $968.76 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $968.76 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $982.60 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,037.95 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,107.15 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,107.15 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,176.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,231.71 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,383.94 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,383.94 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,383.94 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $337.54 | $40.10 – $421.92 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $524.40 | $40.10 – $43.31 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | $815.31 | $95.20 – $95.20 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $467.00 | $38.10 – $277.35 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $467.00 | $38.10 – $283.56 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $620.07 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $384.07 | $79.05 – $576.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $474.69 | $40.10 – $593.36 |