Ultrasound joint complete left 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.

$42.36 with Cigna vs $1,502.32 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
Cigna LocalPlus $42.36
Cigna NewBusiness $42.40
Cigna NetworkBenefit $47.31
Cigna HMO $47.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $47.31
Aetna QHPHIX $47.64
Cigna AllOther $59.88
Aetna NewBusiness $65.32
Aetna COMM $69.97
Aetna Meritain $69.97
BCBS BluePremier $75.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $76.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $76.01
Aetna OON $82.07
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $94.84
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.28
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $96.28
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $96.28
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $96.28
United CHIP $96.28
United STAR $96.28
United STARKids $96.28
United STARPLUS $96.28
United STARPerinate $96.28
Amerigroup CHIP $96.28
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $101.09
Aetna Better Health MCD $103.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $103.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $105.16
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $105.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $105.16
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $105.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $105.16
Molina MCDSTAR $105.91
Molina CHIP $105.91
Molina STAR+PLUS $105.91
Molina STARKIDS $105.91
Humana MGMCD $120.35
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Optum Health MCD $165.26
Cigna IFP $202.81
Cigna QHP $210.32
BCBS BlueEssentials $225.70
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $225.70
BCBS EPOSOA $236.72
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS PPO $247.75
Humana COMM $283.24
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $300.46
United OptionsPPO $323.00
Unicare CHIP $360.56
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $368.07
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $383.09
Evry Health COMM $387.60
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $507.78
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $525.81
Curative Administrators COMM $600.93
Prominence Health Plan HIX $600.93
BCBS Traditional $667.03
City of McKinney COMM $676.04
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $676.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $736.14
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $751.16
Aetna ASA $791.72
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $826.28
Cigna Lifesource COMM $826.28
Aetna WCOMP $826.28
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $826.28
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $826.28
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $841.30
Averde Health, Inc PPO $871.35
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $884.87
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $884.87
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,006.55
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,051.62
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,051.62
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,051.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,066.65
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,126.74
USC Health Services COMM $1,201.86
USA Managed Care COMM $1,201.86
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,276.97
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,337.06
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,502.32
Unicare MCD $1,502.32
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,502.32

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Ultrasound joint complete left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $623.67 $96.28 – $779.59
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $484.95 $89.64 – $103.98
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $283.24 – $283.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,399.39 $223.38 – $223.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $544.62 $112.10 – $816.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $499.95 $96.28 – $624.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $623.67 $96.28 – $779.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $544.62 $99.77 – $816.93

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