MRA w/cont, abd at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$4,422.65
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.
$4,422.65
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.
$309.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,422.65 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $309.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $309.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $309.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $309.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $309.59 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $486.49 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $496.41 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $500.22 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $500.22 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $597.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $619.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $720.89 | ↓ -84% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $884.53 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $950.87 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,052.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,061.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,132.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,132.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,326.80 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,494.86 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,547.93 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,769.06 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,963.66 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,990.19 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,990.19 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $2,167.10 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,211.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,330.74 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,432.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,432.46 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,432.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,432.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,432.46 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,476.68 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,565.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,604.94 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,604.94 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,963.18 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,095.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,095.86 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,140.08 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,316.99 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,538.12 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,538.12 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $3,759.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $3,936.16 | ↓ -11% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,422.65 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,422.65 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,422.65 | ↑ +0% |
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MRA w/cont, abd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $2,394.15 | $589.96 – $589.96 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $14,792.79 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $6,519.53 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $812.07 | $538.41 – $1,740.15 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,509.90 | $458.22 – $4,314.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $724.50 | $400.00 – $4,347.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,509.90 | $538.41 – $4,314.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,509.90 | $538.41 – $4,314.00 |