Thyroid Ultrasound 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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,539.37 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 $103.18
United STAR $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $107.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $107.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $107.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $107.76
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $107.76
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
Aetna QHPHIX $144.00
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Optum Health MCD $169.33
Aetna NewBusiness $197.44
Cigna IFP $207.81
Aetna COMM $211.50
Aetna Meritain $211.50
Cigna QHP $215.51
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna OON $248.06
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $307.87
Cigna LocalPlus $327.74
Cigna NewBusiness $328.07
United OptionsPPO $330.96
Humana COMM $358.70
Cigna NetworkBenefit $366.06
Cigna HMO $366.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $366.06
Unicare CHIP $369.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $377.15
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $392.54
Evry Health COMM $397.16
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
Cigna AllOther $463.30
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $520.31
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $538.78
Curative Administrators COMM $615.75
Prominence Health Plan HIX $615.75
BCBS Traditional $683.48
City of McKinney COMM $692.72
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $692.72
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $754.29
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $769.68
Aetna ASA $811.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $846.65
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $846.65
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $846.65
Cigna Lifesource COMM $846.65
Aetna WCOMP $846.65
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $862.05
Averde Health, Inc PPO $892.83
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $906.69
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $906.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,031.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,077.56
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,077.56
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,077.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,092.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,154.53
USA Managed Care COMM $1,231.50
USC Health Services COMM $1,231.50
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,308.46
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,370.04
Unicare MCD $1,539.37
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,539.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,539.37

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $630.55 $99.77 – $788.19
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $601.05 $104.75 – $113.13
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $497.00 $99.51 – $428.64
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $497.00 $99.51 – $428.64
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $358.70 – $358.70
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,093.37 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $630.55 $129.79 – $945.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $644.89 $99.77 – $806.11

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