Vein x-ray eye socket 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.

$106.31 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,692.28 with BCBS — 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 $106.31
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $107.93
United CHIP $107.93
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $107.93
United STAR $107.93
United STARKids $107.93
United STARPLUS $107.93
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $107.93
United STARPerinate $107.93
Amerigroup CHIP $107.93
Amerigroup MGMCD $107.93
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $113.33
Aetna Better Health CHIP $116.56
Aetna Better Health MCD $116.56
Molina STARKIDS $118.72
Molina MCDSTAR $118.72
Molina CHIP $118.72
Molina STAR+PLUS $118.72
Aetna QHPHIX $125.41
Humana MGMCD $134.91
Aetna NewBusiness $171.95
Aetna Meritain $184.20
Aetna COMM $184.20
Aetna OON $216.05
Cigna LocalPlus $290.00
Cigna NewBusiness $290.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $323.90
Cigna HMO $323.90
Cigna NetworkBenefit $323.90
Humana COMM $364.39
Cigna AllOther $409.94
BCBS BluePremier $819.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $825.97
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $825.97
United SmallGroup $826.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $826.97
United AllPayerAppendix $1,218.65
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,452.68
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,452.68
BCBS EPOSOA $2,572.48
BCBS PPO $2,692.28

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Vein x-ray eye socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $1,242.90 $107.93 – $116.56
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $629.50 $102.53 – $1,664.16
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $629.50 $102.53 – $1,701.44
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $364.39 – $364.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23

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