MRI guid ndl plc s&i at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$3,281.86
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.
$3,281.86
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.
$229.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,281.86 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.
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 | CHIP | $229.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $229.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $229.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $229.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $229.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $361.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $443.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $459.46 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $532.22 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $536.31 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $536.31 | ↓ -84% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $623.55 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $656.37 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $705.60 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $787.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,109.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,148.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,277.42 | ↓ -61% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,312.74 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,457.15 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,476.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,476.84 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,592.57 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,592.57 | ↓ -51% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $1,608.11 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,640.93 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,670.35 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,729.54 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,748.14 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,805.02 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,805.02 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,805.02 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,805.02 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,805.02 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,837.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,903.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,933.02 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,933.02 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,198.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,297.30 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,297.30 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,330.12 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,461.39 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,625.49 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,625.49 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,789.58 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $2,920.86 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,281.86 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,281.86 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,281.86 | ↑ +0% |
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MRI guid ndl plc s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,037.97 | $294.09 – $2,149.00 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $1,880.00 | $691.89 – $691.89 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $1,880.00 | $691.89 – $691.89 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,277.42 – $1,277.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,264.76 | $260.33 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,354.55 | $270.91 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,037.97 | $276.79 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,264.76 | $405.99 – $2,149.00 |