Thyroid 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

$2,475.77

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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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$2,475.77

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.

$169.16 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,475.77 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 $169.16 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $171.74 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $171.74 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $171.74 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $171.74 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $171.74 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $171.74 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $171.74 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $171.74 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $171.74 ↓ -93%
United STAR $171.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $173.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $173.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $173.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $173.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $173.30 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $180.33 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $185.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $185.48 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $188.91 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $188.91 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $188.91 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $188.91 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $214.68 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $235.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $237.01 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $237.01 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $272.33 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $280.17 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $334.23 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $346.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $384.13 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $411.49 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $411.49 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna OON $482.63 ↓ -81%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $495.15 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $532.29 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $594.18 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $606.56 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $631.32 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $638.75 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $703.78 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueEssentials $703.78 ↓ -72%
Humana COMM $727.18 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $738.15 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $772.53 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $836.81 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $866.52 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $990.31 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $990.31 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,099.24 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,114.10 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,114.10 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,213.13 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,237.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,304.73 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,361.67 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,361.67 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,361.67 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,361.67 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,361.67 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,386.43 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,435.95 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,458.23 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,458.23 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,658.77 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,733.04 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,733.04 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,733.04 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,757.80 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,856.83 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,980.62 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,980.62 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,104.40 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,203.44 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,475.77 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,475.77 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,475.77 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $673.01 $171.74 – $1,021.72
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