X-ray elbow 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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Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$28.96 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $905.07 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 $28.96
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $29.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.40
United CHIP $29.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $29.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $29.40
Amerigroup CHIP $29.40
United STAR $29.40
United STARKids $29.40
United STARPLUS $29.40
United STARPerinate $29.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.75
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.75
Molina STAR+PLUS $32.34
Molina CHIP $32.34
Molina MCDSTAR $32.34
Molina STARKIDS $32.34
Aetna QHPHIX $35.25
Humana MGMCD $36.75
Aetna NewBusiness $48.33
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna OON $60.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.35
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $63.35
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $63.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.35
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.35
Humana COMM $76.68
Cigna LocalPlus $82.39
Cigna NewBusiness $82.47
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna NetworkBenefit $92.02
Cigna HMO $92.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.02
Optum Health MCD $99.56
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna AllOther $116.46
Cigna IFP $122.18
Cigna QHP $126.71
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $181.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $194.59
Unicare CHIP $217.22
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $221.74
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $230.79
Evry Health COMM $233.51
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $305.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $316.77
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $362.03
Curative Administrators COMM $362.03
BCBS Traditional $401.85
City of McKinney COMM $407.28
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $407.28
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $443.48
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $452.54
Aetna ASA $476.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $497.79
Cigna Lifesource COMM $497.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $497.79
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $497.79
Aetna WCOMP $497.79
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $506.84
Averde Health, Inc PPO $524.94
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $533.09
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $533.09
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $606.40
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $633.55
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $633.55
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $633.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $642.60
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $678.80
USC Health Services COMM $724.06
USA Managed Care COMM $724.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $769.31
Optum Health (URN) COMM $805.51
Unicare MCD $905.07
Independent Medical Systems COMM $905.07
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $905.07

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $351.00 $29.40 – $31.75
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $324.00 $27.93 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $324.00 $27.93 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $76.68 – $76.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $575.95 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $303.76 $62.52 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.14 $29.40 – $436.43

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