Shoulder X-ray 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

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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.

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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.

$34.56 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,115.75 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.

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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 $34.56
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.09
Amerigroup CHIP $35.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $35.09
United STAR $35.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $35.09
United CHIP $35.09
United STARPerinate $35.09
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $35.09
United STARPLUS $35.09
United STARKids $35.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.84
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.90
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.90
Molina CHIP $38.60
Molina STAR+PLUS $38.60
Molina STARKIDS $38.60
Molina MCDSTAR $38.60
Aetna QHPHIX $42.57
Humana MGMCD $43.86
Aetna NewBusiness $58.37
Aetna COMM $62.53
Aetna Meritain $62.53
Aetna OON $73.34
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.10
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $78.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $78.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.10
Humana COMM $79.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $99.15
Cigna NewBusiness $99.25
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $110.75
Cigna HMO $110.75
Cigna NetworkBenefit $110.75
Optum Health MCD $122.73
Cigna AllOther $140.16
Cigna IFP $150.63
Cigna QHP $156.21
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $223.15
United OptionsPPO $239.89
Unicare CHIP $267.78
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $273.36
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $284.52
Evry Health COMM $287.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $377.12
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $390.51
Curative Administrators COMM $446.30
Prominence Health Plan HIX $446.30
BCBS Traditional $495.39
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $502.09
City of McKinney COMM $502.09
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $546.72
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $557.88
Aetna ASA $588.00
Cigna Lifesource COMM $613.66
Aetna WCOMP $613.66
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $613.66
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $613.66
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $613.66
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $624.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $647.13
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $657.18
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $657.18
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $747.55
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $781.02
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $781.02
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $781.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $792.18
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $836.81
USC Health Services COMM $892.60
USA Managed Care COMM $892.60
Galaxy Health Network PPO $948.39
Optum Health (URN) COMM $993.02
Unicare MCD $1,115.75
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,115.75
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,115.75

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Shoulder X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $282.15 $35.09 – $37.90
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $339.50 $33.34 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $339.50 $33.34 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $79.55 – $79.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $692.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $344.38 $70.88 – $516.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $399.22 $35.09 – $499.02

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