Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) 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

$6,305.67

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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.

$6,305.67

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.

$193.53 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $6,305.67 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 $193.53 ↓ -97%
United STAR $196.48 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $196.48 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $196.48 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $196.48 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $196.48 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $196.48 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $196.48 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $196.48 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $196.48 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $196.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $206.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $212.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $212.20 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $216.13 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $216.13 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $216.13 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $216.13 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $245.60 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $281.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $293.63 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $293.63 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $313.62 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $441.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $441.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $441.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $441.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $441.40 ↓ -93%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $605.11 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $693.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $851.27 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $882.79 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $995.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,261.13 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,355.72 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $1,513.36 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,131.32 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,206.98 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,522.27 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,799.72 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,837.55 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,837.55 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,089.78 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,152.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,323.09 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,468.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,468.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,468.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,468.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,468.12 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,531.18 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,657.29 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,714.04 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,714.04 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $4,224.80 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,413.97 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,413.97 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,477.03 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,729.25 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,044.54 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,044.54 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,359.82 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $5,612.05 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $6,305.67 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,305.67 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,305.67 ↑ +0%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,266.09 $196.48 – $2,832.61
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,394.15 $196.48 – $212.20
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $2,419.00 $186.66 – $836.61
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $2,419.00 $186.66 – $836.61
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $605.11 – $605.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,318.26 $314.76 – $3,477.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,539.19 $196.48 – $3,173.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,266.09 $196.48 – $2,832.61

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