X-ray abdomen 1 view 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

$772.58

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.

$772.58

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.

$29.94 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $772.58 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 $29.94 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $30.40 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.40 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $30.40 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $30.40 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $30.40 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $30.40 ↓ -96%
United STAR $30.40 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $30.40 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $30.40 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $30.40 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $31.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $32.83 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $33.44 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.44 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $33.44 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $33.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $35.81 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $38.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.10 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $52.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $52.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $54.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $54.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $61.70 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $72.42 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalPlus $82.39 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $82.47 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $84.98 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $92.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.02 ↓ -88%
BCBS BluePremier $103.75 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $104.30 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $108.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $116.46 ↓ -85%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $154.52 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $166.10 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $185.42 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $189.28 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $197.01 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $199.33 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $261.13 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $270.40 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $309.03 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $309.03 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -58%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $343.03 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $347.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $347.66 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $378.56 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $386.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $407.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $424.92 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $424.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $424.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $424.92 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $424.92 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $432.64 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $448.10 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $455.05 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $455.05 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $517.63 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $540.81 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $540.81 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $540.81 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $548.53 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $579.43 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $618.06 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $618.06 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $656.69 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $687.60 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $772.58 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $772.58 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $772.58 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $339.15 $30.40 – $32.83
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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $493.50 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.75 $74.25 – $541.12
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