X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$1,703.18

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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.

$1,703.18

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.

$61.87 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,703.18 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 $61.87 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $62.81 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $62.81 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STAR $62.81 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $62.81 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.81 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $62.81 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $62.81 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.83 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $69.09 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $69.09 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $69.09 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $69.09 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $78.51 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $80.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $110.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $117.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $117.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $119.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $119.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $138.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $145.70 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $150.75 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalPlus $185.67 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $185.85 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $187.35 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $207.38 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.38 ↓ -88%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $207.38 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $229.93 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $238.45 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $262.46 ↓ -85%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $340.64 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $366.18 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $408.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $417.28 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $434.31 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $439.42 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $575.67 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $596.11 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $681.27 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $681.27 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $756.21 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $766.43 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $766.43 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $834.56 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $851.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $897.58 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $936.75 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $936.75 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $936.75 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $936.75 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $936.75 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $953.78 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $987.84 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,003.17 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,003.17 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,141.13 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,192.23 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,192.23 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,192.23 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,209.26 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,277.38 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,362.54 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,362.54 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,447.70 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,515.83 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,703.18 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,703.18 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,703.18 ↑ +0%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $508.50 $62.81 – $67.83
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $1,080.00 $59.67 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $1,080.00 $59.67 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $150.75 – $150.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50

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