X-ray bone age studies 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

$922.64

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$922.64

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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.

$25.67 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $922.64 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $25.67 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $26.06 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $26.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $26.06 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $26.06 ↓ -97%
United STAR $26.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.06 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $26.06 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $26.06 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $26.06 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $26.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $27.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $28.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $28.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $28.47 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $32.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $39.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $41.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $41.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $49.04 ↓ -95%
Humana COMM $53.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $64.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $64.58 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.58 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.65 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $73.25 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.25 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.25 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $92.70 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $101.49 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $124.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $129.17 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $145.70 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -84%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $184.53 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $198.37 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $221.43 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $226.05 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $235.27 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $238.04 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $311.85 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $322.92 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $369.06 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $369.06 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $409.65 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $415.19 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $415.19 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -53%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $452.09 ↓ -51%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $461.32 ↓ -50%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $486.23 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $507.45 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $507.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $507.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $507.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $507.45 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $516.68 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $535.13 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $543.43 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $543.43 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $618.17 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $645.85 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $645.85 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $645.85 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $655.07 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $691.98 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $738.11 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $738.11 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $784.24 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $821.15 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $922.64 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $922.64 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $922.64 ↑ +0%

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X-ray bone age studies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $376.35 $26.06 – $28.14
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $269.00 $24.76 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $269.00 $24.76 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $53.91 – $53.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $273.56 $56.31 – $410.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $292.97 $26.06 – $366.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35

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