Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$5,518.74

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$5,518.74

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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.

$303.46 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,518.74 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $303.46 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $308.08 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $308.08 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $308.08 ↓ -94%
United STAR $308.08 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $308.08 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $308.08 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $308.08 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $308.08 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $308.08 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $308.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $323.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $332.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $332.73 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $338.89 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $338.89 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $338.89 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $338.89 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $385.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $386.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $386.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $386.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $386.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $386.31 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $400.57 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $403.65 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $403.65 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $464.18 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $607.06 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $636.43 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $681.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $681.76 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $745.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $772.62 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $799.62 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -85%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,103.75 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,186.53 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,198.63 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,198.63 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $1,245.45 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,257.17 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $1,315.72 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $1,324.50 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,352.09 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,407.28 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,423.83 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,865.33 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,931.56 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,207.50 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,207.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,450.32 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,483.43 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,483.43 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,704.18 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,759.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,908.38 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,035.31 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,035.31 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,035.31 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,035.31 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,035.31 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,090.49 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,200.87 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,250.54 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,250.54 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,697.56 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,863.12 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,863.12 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,863.12 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,918.31 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,139.06 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,414.99 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,414.99 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,690.93 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,911.68 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $5,518.74 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,518.74 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,518.74 ↑ +0%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $995.40 $308.08 – $332.73
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $888.50 $292.68 – $1,260.66
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $888.50 $292.68 – $1,374.41
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,245.45 – $1,245.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,719.11 $353.85 – $2,578.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,402.87 $296.71 – $1,753.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43

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