MRI chest w IV cont 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

$8,439.06

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.

$8,439.06

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.

$379.47 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $8,439.06 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $379.47 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $385.25 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $385.25 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $385.25 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $385.25 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $385.25 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $385.25 ↓ -95%
United STAR $385.25 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $385.25 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $385.25 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $385.25 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $404.51 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $416.07 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $416.07 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $423.78 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $423.78 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $423.78 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $423.78 ↓ -95%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $481.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $590.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $590.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $590.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $590.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $590.73 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $823.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $857.83 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $857.83 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $920.54 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $920.54 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $928.30 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $1,139.27 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,181.47 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -84%
Humana COMM $1,493.68 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,687.81 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,814.40 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $2,025.37 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,648.39 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,648.39 ↓ -69%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,777.75 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,852.40 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $2,907.10 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,953.67 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,375.62 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,746.94 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,797.58 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,797.58 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $4,135.14 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,219.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,447.38 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $4,641.48 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,641.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,641.48 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,641.48 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,641.48 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,725.87 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,894.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,970.61 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,970.61 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $5,654.17 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,907.34 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,907.34 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,991.73 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,329.30 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $6,751.25 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,751.25 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,173.20 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $7,510.76 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $8,439.06 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,439.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,439.06 ↑ +0%

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MRI chest w IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,581.08 $385.25 – $2,149.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,997.75 $385.25 – $416.07
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $2,408.50 $365.99 – $2,444.14
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $2,408.50 $365.99 – $2,444.14
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,493.68 – $1,493.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,325.74 $478.72 – $3,488.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,584.06 $385.25 – $3,230.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,581.08 $385.25 – $2,149.00

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