Pet scan brain perf study at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$27,565.58
Cash price 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.
$27,565.58
Gross charge 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.
$92.44 with BCBS vs $27,565.58 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $92.44 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $96.26 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $96.26 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $297.20 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $297.20 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $311.71 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $326.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Tricare | $1,491.66 | ↓ -95% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1,537.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,929.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1,929.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1,929.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,929.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,929.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $2,200.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,291.20 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $3,032.21 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,141.45 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,365.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,365.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $3,721.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $3,859.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $3,946.95 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $5,237.46 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $5,437.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $5,513.12 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5,926.60 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $6,615.74 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $9,317.17 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $11,026.23 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $12,239.12 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $12,404.51 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $12,404.51 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $13,507.13 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $13,782.79 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $14,527.06 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $15,161.07 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $15,161.07 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $15,161.07 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $15,161.07 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $15,161.07 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $15,436.72 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $15,988.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $16,236.13 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $16,236.13 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $18,468.94 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $19,295.91 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $19,295.91 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $19,295.91 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $19,571.56 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $20,674.19 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $22,052.46 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $22,052.46 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $23,430.74 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $24,533.37 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $27,565.58 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $27,565.58 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $27,565.58 | ↑ +0% |
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Pet scan brain perf study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $1,537.79 – $5,437.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,209.74 | $249.83 – $5,371.00 |