MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un 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

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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.

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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.

$349.02 with Superior Health Plan 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $349.02
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $349.02
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $349.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $349.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $349.02
BCBS BluePremier $496.41
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
Optum Health MCD $548.46
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United SmallGroup $616.10
Cigna IFP $673.11
Cigna QHP $698.04
Aetna QHPHIX $812.72
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
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
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
Aetna OON $1,495.81
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
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 without fol w/cont, brst, un at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,567.09 $332.94 – $2,350.64

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