Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$3,993.41

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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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$3,993.41

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.

$269.55 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,993.41 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $269.55 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $273.65 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $273.65 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $273.65 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $273.65 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $273.65 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $273.65 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $273.65 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $273.65 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $273.65 ↓ -93%
United STAR $273.65 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $279.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $279.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $279.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $279.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $279.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $287.33 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $295.54 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $295.54 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $301.01 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $301.01 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $301.01 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $301.01 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $342.06 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $351.38 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $354.08 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $354.08 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPHIX $404.15 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $439.28 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $539.11 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $554.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $559.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $593.59 ↓ -85%
Aetna Meritain $593.59 ↓ -85%
Aetna OON $696.21 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $798.68 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $858.58 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $958.42 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $978.39 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,018.32 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,030.30 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,051.43 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,051.43 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $1,094.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,102.78 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $1,154.14 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,349.77 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,397.69 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,597.36 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,597.36 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,773.07 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,797.03 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,797.03 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,956.77 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,996.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,104.53 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,196.38 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,196.38 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,196.38 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,196.38 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,196.38 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,236.31 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,316.18 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,352.12 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,352.12 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,675.58 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,795.39 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,795.39 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,795.39 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,835.32 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,995.06 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $3,194.73 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,194.73 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,394.40 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,554.13 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $3,993.41 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,993.41 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,993.41 ↑ +0%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,132.80 $273.65 – $295.54
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,400.50 $259.97 – $1,119.78
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,400.50 $259.97 – $1,196.65
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $1,094.66 – $1,094.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,435.33 $295.44 – $2,153.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,356.79 $265.30 – $1,695.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55

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