Quant diff pulm perf w/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

$5,430.59

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.

$5,430.59

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.

$185.29 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,430.59 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 $185.29 ↓ -97%
United STAR $188.11 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $188.11 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $188.11 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $188.11 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $188.11 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $188.11 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $188.11 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $188.11 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $188.11 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $188.11 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $197.52 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $203.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $203.16 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $206.92 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $206.92 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $206.92 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $206.92 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $223.95 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $225.67 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $225.67 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $235.14 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $264.93 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $363.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $380.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $380.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $380.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $380.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $380.14 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $389.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $389.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $456.39 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $597.36 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $670.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $670.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $702.86 ↓ -87%
Humana COMM $702.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $733.13 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $735.59 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $760.28 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -84%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,086.12 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,167.58 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $1,303.34 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,330.49 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $1,384.80 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,401.09 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,835.54 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,900.71 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,172.24 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,172.24 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,411.18 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,443.77 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,443.77 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,660.99 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,715.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,861.92 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,986.82 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,986.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,986.82 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,986.82 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,986.82 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,041.13 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,149.74 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,198.62 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,198.62 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,638.50 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,801.41 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,801.41 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,801.41 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,855.72 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,072.94 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,344.47 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,344.47 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,616.00 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,833.23 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $5,430.59 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,430.59 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,430.59 ↑ +0%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,029.05 $188.11 – $203.16
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $824.50 $178.70 – $1,060.55
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $824.50 $178.70 – $1,084.30
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $702.93 – $702.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,091.69 $224.71 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,023.08 $181.76 – $1,278.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95

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