Mr spectroscopy 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

$5,465.08

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.

$5,465.08

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.

$182.03 with United vs $5,465.08 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
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $382.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $382.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $382.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $382.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $382.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $450.46 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $469.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $469.07 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $521.48 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $521.48 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $601.16 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $737.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $765.11 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,093.02 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,174.99 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1,311.62 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,448.17 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,448.17 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,518.90 ↓ -72%
Humana COMM $1,528.05 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $1,589.64 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,847.20 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,912.78 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,186.03 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,426.50 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,459.29 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,459.29 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,677.89 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,732.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,880.10 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,005.79 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,005.79 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,005.79 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,005.79 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,005.79 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,060.44 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,169.75 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,218.93 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,218.93 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,661.60 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,825.56 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,825.56 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,880.21 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,098.81 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,372.06 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,372.06 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,645.32 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,863.92 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,465.08 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,465.08 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,465.08 ↑ +0%

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Mr spectroscopy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,322.36 $83.05 – $2,149.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,742.10 $1,032.70 – $1,032.70
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,880.00 $85.51 – $1,336.49
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,880.00 $87.42 – $1,336.49
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,528.05 – $1,528.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,442.45 $225.11 – $2,163.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,442.45 $83.05 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,322.36 $83.05 – $2,149.00

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