Sinus CT scan (with contrast) 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

$4,159.95

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.

$4,159.95

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.

$154.03 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,159.95 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 $154.03 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $156.38 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $156.38 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $156.38 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $156.38 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $156.38 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $156.38 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $156.38 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $156.38 ↓ -96%
United STAR $156.38 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $156.38 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $164.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $168.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $168.89 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $172.02 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $172.02 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $172.02 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $172.02 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $195.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $220.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $291.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $291.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $291.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $291.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $291.20 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -92%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -90%
Humana COMM $447.02 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $457.59 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $561.59 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $582.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $831.99 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $894.39 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $998.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,406.06 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,455.98 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,663.98 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,847.02 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,871.98 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,871.98 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,038.38 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,079.97 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,192.29 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,287.97 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,287.97 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,287.97 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,287.97 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,287.97 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,329.57 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,412.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,450.21 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,450.21 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,787.17 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,911.97 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,911.97 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,953.56 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,119.96 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $3,327.96 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,327.96 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,535.96 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,702.36 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $4,159.95 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,159.95 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,159.95 ↑ +0%

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Sinus CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,004.41 $156.38 – $2,505.51
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,767.90 $156.38 – $168.89
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,952.50 $148.56 – $654.17
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,952.50 $148.56 – $654.17
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $447.02 – $447.02
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,250.16 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,930.24 $236.02 – $2,895.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,561.70 $156.38 – $3,202.12

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