X-ray bone length 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

$1,356.80

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$1,356.80

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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.

$44.76 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,356.80 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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

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 $44.76 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $45.44 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $45.44 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $45.44 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $45.44 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $45.44 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $45.44 ↓ -97%
United STAR $45.44 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $45.44 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $45.44 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $45.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $47.71 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $49.08 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $49.08 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $49.98 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $49.98 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $49.98 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $49.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $53.84 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $56.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $73.82 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $79.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $79.07 ↓ -94%
Humana COMM $86.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $92.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $94.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $94.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $123.70 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $123.82 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $138.16 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $138.16 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $138.16 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $145.70 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $149.25 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna AllOther $174.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $183.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $189.95 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $271.36 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $291.71 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $325.63 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $332.42 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $345.98 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $350.05 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $458.60 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $474.88 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $542.72 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $542.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $602.42 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $610.56 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $610.56 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $664.83 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $678.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $715.03 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $746.24 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $746.24 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $746.24 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $746.24 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $746.24 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $759.81 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $786.94 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $799.16 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $799.16 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $909.06 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $949.76 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $949.76 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $949.76 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $963.33 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,017.60 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,085.44 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,085.44 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,153.28 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,207.55 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,356.80 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,356.80 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,356.80 ↑ +0%

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X-ray bone length studies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $312.91 $45.44 – $391.13
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $285.30 $45.44 – $49.08
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $491.00 $43.17 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $491.00 $43.17 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $86.64 – $86.64
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $679.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.97 $74.30 – $541.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $361.81 $45.44 – $452.26

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