MRI breast without cont bi 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

$7,478.40

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.

$7,478.40

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.

$281.98 with BCBS vs $7,478.40 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
BCBS BluePremier $281.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $293.63 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $293.63 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $311.26 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $311.26 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $523.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $523.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $523.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $523.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $523.49 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $822.62 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $995.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $1,009.58 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,046.98 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,495.68 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,607.86 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $1,794.82 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,527.70 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,617.44 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,991.36 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,320.41 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $3,365.28 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,365.28 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,664.42 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,739.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,941.12 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $4,113.12 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $4,113.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,113.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,113.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,113.12 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,187.90 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,337.47 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,404.78 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,404.78 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $5,010.53 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,234.88 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,234.88 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,309.66 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,608.80 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,982.72 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $5,982.72 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,356.64 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $6,655.78 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,478.40 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,478.40 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $7,478.40 ↑ +0%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,083.19 $227.71 – $2,603.99
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,610.75 $646.45 – $646.45
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,880.00 $234.44 – $836.61
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,880.00 $239.69 – $836.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,443.67 $502.99 – $3,665.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,443.67 $227.71 – $3,054.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,083.19 $227.71 – $2,603.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,443.67 $227.71 – $3,665.50

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