Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited 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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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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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.

$51.02 with Aetna vs $1,598.13 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
Aetna QHPHIX $51.02
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $58.91
Amerigroup CHIP $59.81
United STARPerinate $59.81
United STARPLUS $59.81
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $59.81
United STARKids $59.81
United STAR $59.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $59.81
United CHIP $59.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $59.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $62.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $64.59
Molina STARKIDS $65.79
Molina MCDSTAR $65.79
Molina CHIP $65.79
Molina STAR+PLUS $65.79
Aetna NewBusiness $69.95
Humana MGMCD $74.76
Aetna Meritain $74.94
Aetna COMM $74.94
Aetna OON $87.89
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $111.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $111.87
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $111.87
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $111.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $111.87
Humana COMM $118.02
Cigna LocalPlus $122.42
Cigna NewBusiness $122.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.73
Cigna HMO $136.73
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna AllOther $173.05
Optum Health MCD $175.79
Cigna IFP $215.75
Cigna QHP $223.74
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $319.63
United OptionsPPO $343.60
Unicare CHIP $383.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $391.54
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $407.52
Evry Health COMM $412.32
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $540.17
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $559.35
Curative Administrators COMM $639.25
Prominence Health Plan HIX $639.25
BCBS Traditional $709.57
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $719.16
City of McKinney COMM $719.16
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $783.08
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $799.07
Aetna ASA $842.21
Cigna Lifesource COMM $878.97
Aetna WCOMP $878.97
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $878.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $878.97
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $878.97
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $894.95
Averde Health, Inc PPO $926.92
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $941.30
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $941.30
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,070.75
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,118.69
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,118.69
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,118.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,134.67
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,198.60
USC Health Services COMM $1,278.50
USA Managed Care COMM $1,278.50
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,358.41
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,422.34
Unicare MCD $1,598.13
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,598.13
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,598.13

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Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $381.75 $59.81 – $64.59
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $549.50 $56.82 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $549.50 $56.82 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $118.02 – $118.02
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,068.52 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $537.62 $110.66 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $460.28 $59.81 – $575.35

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