Shoulder X-ray (single view, both shoulders) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$21.38 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $747.04 with Unicare — 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 $21.38 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $21.71 —
United STARPLUS $21.71 —
United STARPerinate $21.71 —
United STARKids $21.71 —
Amerigroup CHIP $21.71 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.71 —
United STAR $21.71 —
United CHIP $21.71 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $21.71 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $21.71 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $22.80 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $23.45 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $23.45 —
Molina STARKIDS $23.88 —
Molina MCDSTAR $23.88 —
Molina CHIP $23.88 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $23.88 —
Humana MGMCD $27.14 —
Aetna NewBusiness $32.17 —
Aetna Meritain $34.37 —
Aetna COMM $34.37 —
Aetna OON $40.67 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $52.29 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.29 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.29 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.29 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $52.29 —
Cigna LocalPlus $55.27 —
Cigna NewBusiness $55.33 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.73 —
Cigna HMO $61.73 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $61.73 —
Cigna AllOther $78.13 —
Optum Health MCD $82.17 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
Cigna IFP $100.85 —
Cigna QHP $104.59 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $149.41 —
United OptionsPPO $156.13 —
Unicare CHIP $179.29 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $183.02 —
Evry Health COMM $192.74 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $252.50 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $298.82 —
Curative Administrators COMM $298.82 —
BCBS Traditional $309.27 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
City of McKinney COMM $336.17 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $336.17 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $336.17 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $366.05 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $373.52 —
Aetna ASA $377.26 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $410.87 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $410.87 —
Aetna WCOMP $410.87 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $410.87 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $410.87 —
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $418.34 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $428.05 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $428.05 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $433.28 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $500.52 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $522.93 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $522.93 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $530.40 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $560.28 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $560.28 —
USA Managed Care COMM $597.63 —
USC Health Services COMM $597.63 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $634.98 —
Optum Health (URN) COMM $664.87 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $747.04 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $747.04 —
Unicare MCD $747.04 —

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Shoulder X-ray (single view, both shoulders) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $307.05 $21.71 – $23.45
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $324.00 $20.62 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $324.00 $20.62 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $21.71 – $21.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $399.27 $82.18 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $320.82 $21.71 – $401.02

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