X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) 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.

$31.92 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $836.42 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $31.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.41
United CHIP $32.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $32.41
United STAR $32.41
United STARKids $32.41
United STARPLUS $32.41
United STARPerinate $32.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $32.41
Amerigroup CHIP $32.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $35.65
Molina CHIP $35.65
Molina MCDSTAR $35.65
Molina STARKIDS $35.65
Humana MGMCD $40.51
Aetna QHPHIX $40.88
Aetna NewBusiness $56.05
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.55
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $58.55
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $58.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.55
Aetna COMM $60.05
Aetna Meritain $60.05
Aetna OON $70.43
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Humana COMM $85.25
Optum Health MCD $92.01
Cigna LocalPlus $95.30
Cigna NewBusiness $95.40
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna NetworkBenefit $106.44
Cigna HMO $106.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.44
Cigna IFP $112.92
Cigna QHP $117.10
Cigna AllOther $134.72
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $167.28
United OptionsPPO $179.83
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Unicare CHIP $200.74
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $204.92
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $213.29
Evry Health COMM $215.80
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $282.71
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $292.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Curative Administrators COMM $334.57
Prominence Health Plan HIX $334.57
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $371.37
City of McKinney COMM $376.39
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $376.39
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $409.85
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $418.21
Aetna ASA $440.79
Cigna Lifesource COMM $460.03
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $460.03
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $460.03
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $460.03
Aetna WCOMP $460.03
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $468.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $485.12
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $492.65
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $492.65
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $560.40
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $585.49
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $585.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $585.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $593.86
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $627.32
USC Health Services COMM $669.14
USA Managed Care COMM $669.14
Galaxy Health Network PPO $710.96
Optum Health (URN) COMM $744.41
Unicare MCD $836.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $836.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $836.42

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X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $217.55 $32.41 – $271.94
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $317.85 $32.41 – $35.00
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $282.50 $30.79 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $282.50 $30.79 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $85.25 – $85.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $479.22 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $287.83 $59.24 – $431.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $302.50 $32.41 – $378.13

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