Wrist X-ray (2 views, both wrists) at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$33.58 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $715.12 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $33.58 —
United STARKids $34.09 —
Amerigroup CHIP $34.09 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.09 —
United STAR $34.09 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.09 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $34.09 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.09 —
United CHIP $34.09 —
United STARPLUS $34.09 —
United STARPerinate $34.09 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.79 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.82 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.82 —
Molina MCDSTAR $37.50 —
Molina CHIP $37.50 —
Molina STARKIDS $37.50 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.50 —
Humana MGMCD $42.61 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.06 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.06 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.06 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.06 —
Aetna NewBusiness $59.31 —
Aetna COMM $63.36 —
Aetna Meritain $63.36 —
Aetna OON $74.98 —
Optum Health MCD $78.66 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
Cigna IFP $96.54 —
Cigna QHP $100.12 —
Cigna LocalPlus $100.48 —
Cigna NewBusiness $100.58 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.22 —
Cigna HMO $112.22 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $112.22 —
Cigna AllOther $142.03 —
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $143.02 —
United OptionsPPO $149.46 —
Unicare CHIP $171.63 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $175.20 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Evry Health COMM $184.50 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $241.71 —
Curative Administrators COMM $286.05 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $286.05 —
BCBS Traditional $296.06 —
City of McKinney COMM $321.80 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $321.80 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $321.80 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $350.41 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $357.56 —
Aetna ASA $361.14 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $393.32 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $393.32 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $393.32 —
Aetna WCOMP $393.32 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $393.32 —
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $400.47 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $409.76 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $409.76 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $414.77 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $479.13 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $500.58 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $500.58 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $507.74 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $536.34 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $536.34 —
USA Managed Care COMM $572.10 —
USC Health Services COMM $572.10 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $607.85 —
Optum Health (URN) COMM $636.46 —
Unicare MCD $715.12 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $715.12 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $715.12 —

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Wrist X-ray (2 views, both wrists) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $328.35 $34.09 – $36.82
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $318.50 $32.39 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $318.50 $32.39 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $34.09 – $34.09
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $470.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.49 $55.27 – $402.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $318.11 $34.09 – $397.63

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →