Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with 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

$5,062.68

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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.

$5,062.68

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.

$249.80 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,062.68 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $249.80 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $253.60 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $253.60 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $253.60 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $253.60 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $253.60 ↓ -95%
United STAR $253.60 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $253.60 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $253.60 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $253.60 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $253.60 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $266.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $273.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $273.89 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $278.96 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $278.96 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $278.96 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $278.96 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $317.00 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $354.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $354.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $354.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $354.39 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $354.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $462.04 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $556.89 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $683.46 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $708.78 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,012.54 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,088.48 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $1,146.16 ↓ -77%
Unicare CHIP $1,215.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↓ -69%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,711.19 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,771.94 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,025.07 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,247.83 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,278.21 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,278.21 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,480.71 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,531.34 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,668.03 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,784.47 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,784.47 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,784.47 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,784.47 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,784.47 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,835.10 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,936.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,981.92 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,981.92 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,392.00 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,543.88 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,543.88 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,594.50 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,797.01 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,050.14 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,050.14 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,303.28 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,505.79 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $5,062.68 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,062.68 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,062.68 ↑ +0%

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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,951.65 $253.60 – $3,689.57
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,612.85 $253.60 – $273.89
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $2,338.50 $240.92 – $1,370.84
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $2,338.50 $240.92 – $1,370.84
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,146.16 – $1,146.16
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,165.30 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,951.65 $494.01 – $4,427.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,177.26 $253.60 – $2,721.57

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