MRI without fol w/cont, breast 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

$10,048.70

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.

$10,048.70

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.

$496.41 with BCBS vs $10,048.70 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 $496.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $616.10 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $703.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $703.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $703.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $703.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $703.41 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCD $1,105.36 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $1,356.57 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,406.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,637.94 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $2,009.74 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $2,160.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $2,391.59 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $2,411.69 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $2,572.47 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $2,572.47 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $3,014.61 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,396.46 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $3,517.05 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $4,019.48 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $4,461.62 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $4,521.92 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,521.92 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $4,923.86 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,024.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $5,295.66 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $5,526.78 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $5,526.78 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,526.78 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,526.78 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,526.78 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $5,627.27 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,828.25 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5,918.68 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5,918.68 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $6,732.63 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7,034.09 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7,034.09 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,134.58 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7,536.52 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $8,038.96 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $8,038.96 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8,541.40 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $8,943.34 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10,048.70 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,048.70 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $10,048.70 ↑ +0%

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MRI without fol w/cont, breast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,056.69 $332.94 – $2,570.86
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $3,209.55 $589.96 – $589.96
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $3,248.00 $342.79 – $925.52
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $3,248.00 $350.46 – $946.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,221.52 $457.26 – $3,332.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,049.50 $332.94 – $2,561.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,056.69 $332.94 – $2,570.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,221.52 $332.94 – $3,332.28

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