Unlisted CT procedure 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.

$43.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $627.77 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $43.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $43.94
Superior Health Plan STARKids $43.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $43.94
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $43.94
Optum Health MCD $69.05
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna IFP $84.75
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $85.28
United STARPerinate $86.58
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $86.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
United CHIP $86.58
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58
United STAR $86.58
United STARKids $86.58
United STARPLUS $86.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $86.58
Cigna QHP $87.89
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51
Molina CHIP $95.24
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24
Molina STARKIDS $95.24
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Humana MGMCD $108.22
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $125.55
United OptionsPPO $134.97
Unicare CHIP $150.66
Aetna QHPHIX $173.44
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $212.19
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $219.72
Aetna NewBusiness $237.80
Prominence Health Plan HIX $251.11
Aetna Meritain $254.74
Aetna COMM $254.74
BCBS Traditional $278.73
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $282.50
City of McKinney COMM $282.50
Aetna OON $298.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $307.61
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $313.88
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Aetna ASA $330.83
BCBS PPO $340.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $345.27
Aetna WCOMP $345.27
Cigna Lifesource COMM $345.27
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $345.27
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $345.27
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $351.55
Averde Health, Inc PPO $364.11
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $369.76
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $369.76
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $420.61
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $439.44
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $439.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $445.72
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $470.83
USC Health Services COMM $502.22
USA Managed Care COMM $502.22
Galaxy Health Network PPO $533.60
Optum Health (URN) COMM $558.72
Independent Medical Systems COMM $627.77
Unicare MCD $627.77
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $627.77

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Unlisted CT procedure at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,852.68 $83.05 – $396.15
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $819.75 $86.58 – $93.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,679.86 $66.47 – $484.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,603.28 $83.05 – $403.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,852.68 $83.05 – $396.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,679.86 $83.05 – $484.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,679.86 $86.58 – $484.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,603.28 $83.05 – $484.38

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