Nuclear rx intra-articular 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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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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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.

$51.06 with BCBS vs $561.65 with United — 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 $51.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $51.46
Aetna QHPHIX $67.66
Aetna NewBusiness $92.77
Aetna Meritain $99.38
Aetna COMM $99.38
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $116.18
Aetna OON $116.56
United STARKids $117.95
United CHIP $117.95
United STAR $117.95
United STARPLUS $117.95
United STARPerinate $117.95
Amerigroup CHIP $117.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $117.95
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $117.95
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $117.95
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $117.95
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $123.85
Aetna Better Health CHIP $127.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $127.39
Molina STARKIDS $129.75
Molina MCDSTAR $129.75
Molina STAR+PLUS $129.75
Molina CHIP $129.75
Humana MGMCD $147.44
BCBS BlueEssentials $152.80
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $152.80
BCBS EPOSOA $160.26
Humana COMM $166.44
BCBS PPO $167.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $321.95
United SmallGroup $321.95
United AllPayerAppendix $561.65

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Nuclear rx intra-articular at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,669.00 $66.38 – $619.01
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,669.00 $66.38 – $632.88
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $117.95 – $127.39
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $166.44 – $166.44
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina $1,669.00 $71.88 – $586.00
Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Midlothian $1,669.00 $112.05 – $632.88
Methodist Richardson Medical Center Richardson $1,669.00 $78.95 – $632.88
Methodist Southlake Medical Center Souhtlake $1,669.00 $66.38 – $633.92

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