Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct 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

$3,276.75

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.

$3,276.75

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.

$229.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,276.75 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $229.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $229.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $229.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $229.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $229.37 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $360.44 ↓ -89%
BCBS BluePremier $422.59 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $425.84 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $425.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $442.36 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $458.75 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -81%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $655.35 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $704.50 ↓ -79%
Aetna QHPHIX $746.55 ↓ -77%
Unicare CHIP $786.42 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $802.80 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $835.57 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $845.40 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $1,015.46 ↓ -69%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,023.59 ↓ -69%
Aetna Meritain $1,096.49 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $1,096.49 ↓ -67%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,107.54 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,146.86 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,264.52 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,264.52 ↓ -61%
Aetna OON $1,286.04 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,310.70 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,310.70 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,326.29 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $1,388.05 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $1,454.88 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,474.54 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,474.54 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,605.61 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,638.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,726.85 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,802.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,802.21 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,802.21 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,802.21 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,802.21 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,834.98 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,900.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,930.01 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,930.01 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,195.42 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,293.72 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,293.72 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,293.72 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,326.49 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,457.56 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $2,621.40 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,621.40 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,785.24 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,916.31 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,276.75 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,276.75 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,276.75 ↑ +0%

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