Ultrasound elastography parenchyma at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$673.23
Cash price 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.
$673.23
Gross charge 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.
$47.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $673.23 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $47.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $47.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $47.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $47.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $47.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $74.06 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $90.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $94.25 | ↓ -86% |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $103.02 | ↓ -85% |
| United | STARPerinate | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| United | CHIP | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| United | STAR | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| United | STARKids | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| United | STARPLUS | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $104.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $109.82 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $112.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $112.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $115.05 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $115.05 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | CHIP | $115.05 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $115.05 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $128.23 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $130.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $134.65 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $144.74 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $145.70 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | ↓ -78% |
| United | SmallGroup | $151.89 | ↓ -77% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $151.89 | ↓ -77% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $161.58 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $164.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $171.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $173.69 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $175.82 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $188.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $188.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | COMM | $208.63 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | OON | $220.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $227.55 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $235.63 | ↓ -65% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -64% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $269.29 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $269.29 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $294.13 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $294.42 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $298.91 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $302.95 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $302.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $328.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | HMO | $328.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $328.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $329.88 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $336.62 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $354.79 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $370.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $370.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $370.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $370.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $370.28 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $377.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $390.47 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $396.53 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $396.53 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $415.78 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $451.06 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -32% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $471.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $471.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $471.26 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $477.99 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $504.92 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $538.58 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $538.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $572.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $599.17 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $673.23 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $673.23 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $673.23 | ↑ +0% |
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Ultrasound elastography parenchyma at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $232.30 | $99.77 – $290.38 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $545.55 | $104.59 – $112.96 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $387.00 | $99.36 – $427.98 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $387.00 | $99.36 – $427.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $399.40 | $82.21 – $599.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $353.09 | $99.77 – $441.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $232.30 | $99.77 – $290.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $399.40 | $99.77 – $599.10 |