Lower Leg (Shin) X-ray (both sides) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$31.26 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $964.13 with Unicare — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $31.26 —
United STARKids $31.74 —
Amerigroup CHIP $31.74 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74 —
United STAR $31.74 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $31.74 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $31.74 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $31.74 —
United CHIP $31.74 —
United STARPLUS $31.74 —
United STARPerinate $31.74 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $33.33 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $34.28 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.28 —
Molina MCDSTAR $34.91 —
Molina CHIP $34.91 —
Molina STARKIDS $34.91 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.91 —
Humana MGMCD $39.67 —
Aetna NewBusiness $54.67 —
Aetna Meritain $58.39 —
Aetna COMM $58.39 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $67.49 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.49 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $67.49 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.49 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $67.49 —
Aetna OON $69.11 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
Cigna LocalPlus $92.69 —
Cigna NewBusiness $92.79 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.53 —
Cigna HMO $103.53 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.53 —
Optum Health MCD $106.05 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
Cigna IFP $130.16 —
Cigna AllOther $131.03 —
Cigna QHP $134.98 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $192.83 —
United OptionsPPO $201.50 —
Unicare CHIP $231.39 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $236.21 —
Evry Health COMM $248.75 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $325.88 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —
Curative Administrators COMM $385.65 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $385.65 —
BCBS Traditional $399.15 —
City of McKinney COMM $433.86 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $433.86 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $433.86 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $472.42 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $482.06 —
Aetna ASA $486.89 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $530.27 —
Aetna WCOMP $530.27 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $530.27 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $530.27 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $530.27 —
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $539.91 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $552.45 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $552.45 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $559.20 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $645.97 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $674.89 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $674.89 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $684.53 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $723.10 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $723.10 —
USC Health Services COMM $771.30 —
USA Managed Care COMM $771.30 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $819.51 —
Optum Health (URN) COMM $858.08 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $964.13 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $964.13 —
Unicare MCD $964.13 —

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Lower Leg (Shin) X-ray (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.47 $31.74 – $383.09
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $345.75 $31.74 – $34.28
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $410.00 $30.15 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $410.00 $30.15 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $31.74 – $31.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $565.55 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $387.38 $79.74 – $581.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.47 $31.74 – $428.08

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