Tc-99m medronate 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

$259.32

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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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$259.32

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.

$18.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $259.32 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $18.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $18.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.15 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $28.53 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $31.95 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $35.01 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $36.13 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $36.30 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $43.80 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.68 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $44.68 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $46.92 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMM $46.92 ↓ -82%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $49.27 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $51.86 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $53.94 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $55.75 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $62.24 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $63.53 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $65.40 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $65.40 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $66.13 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $66.90 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.63 ↓ -74%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $71.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna OON $77.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna LocalPlus $80.24 ↓ -69%
Cigna NewBusiness $80.32 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $87.65 ↓ -66%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $89.64 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $89.64 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $89.64 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $90.76 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $103.73 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $103.73 ↓ -60%
United SmallGroup $106.36 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $106.36 ↓ -59%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $106.36 ↓ -59%
Humana COMM $111.60 ↓ -57%
Cigna AllOther $113.40 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $115.14 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $116.69 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $116.69 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $127.07 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $129.66 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $142.63 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $142.63 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $142.63 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $142.63 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $142.63 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $145.22 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $150.41 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $152.74 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $152.74 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $173.74 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $181.52 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $181.52 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $181.52 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $184.12 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $194.49 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $207.46 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $207.46 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $220.42 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $230.79 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $259.32 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $259.32 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $259.32 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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