Orthopantogram 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

$257.00

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.

$257.00

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.

$13.26 with Aetna vs $340.79 with BCBS — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $13.26 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $17.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $17.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.99 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $18.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $18.18 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $18.38 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $18.38 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $18.38 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $18.38 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $18.38 ↓ -93%
United STAR $18.38 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $18.38 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $18.38 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $18.38 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.38 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $19.30 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $19.48 ↓ -92%
Aetna Meritain $19.48 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $19.85 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $19.85 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $20.22 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $20.22 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $20.22 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $20.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $22.84 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $22.97 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $28.27 ↓ -89%
Cigna LocalPlus $32.01 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $32.04 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $34.70 ↓ -86%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $35.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $35.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $35.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $35.98 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $38.26 ↓ -85%
Cigna AllOther $45.25 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $51.40 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $55.26 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $61.68 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $62.97 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $65.53 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $66.31 ↓ -74%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -67%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $86.87 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $89.95 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $102.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $102.80 ↓ -60%
BCBS BluePremier $103.75 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $114.11 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $115.65 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $115.65 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $125.93 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $128.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $135.44 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $141.35 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $141.35 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $141.35 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $141.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $141.35 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $143.92 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $149.06 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $151.37 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $151.37 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $172.19 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $179.90 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $179.90 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $179.90 ↓ -30%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -29%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $182.47 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $192.75 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $205.60 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $205.60 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $218.45 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $228.73 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $257.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $257.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $257.00 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↑ +21%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↑ +21%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↑ +27%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↑ +33%

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