MRI w/cont, breast, uni at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
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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.
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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.
$236.89 with BCBS vs $4,986.02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $236.89 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $238.71 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $238.71 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $349.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $349.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $349.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $349.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $349.02 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $548.46 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $673.11 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $698.04 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $708.84 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $708.84 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $743.46 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $778.08 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $812.72 | — |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $997.20 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,071.99 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,186.67 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,196.64 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,276.42 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,276.42 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,495.81 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,685.27 | — |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $1,745.11 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,994.41 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,213.79 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,243.71 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,243.71 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $2,443.15 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,493.01 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,627.63 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,742.31 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,742.31 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,742.31 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,742.31 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,742.31 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,792.17 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,891.89 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,936.77 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,936.77 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $3,340.63 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,490.21 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,490.21 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,540.07 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,739.52 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,988.82 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,988.82 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,238.12 | — |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $4,437.56 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,986.02 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,986.02 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,986.02 | — |
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MRI w/cont, breast, uni at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,039.11 | $167.39 – $2,548.88 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $2,479.35 | $281.53 – $281.53 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $2,167.00 | $172.34 – $465.32 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $2,167.00 | $176.20 – $475.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,567.09 | $322.56 – $2,350.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,567.09 | $167.39 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,039.11 | $167.39 – $2,548.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,567.09 | $167.39 – $2,350.64 |