X-ray elbow >= 3 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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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.

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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.

$32.58 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,021.59 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 $32.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.08
United STAR $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.08
United CHIP $33.08
United STARPerinate $33.08
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.08
United STARPLUS $33.08
United STARKids $33.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73
Molina CHIP $36.39
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39
Molina STARKIDS $36.39
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39
Aetna QHPHIX $40.32
Humana MGMCD $41.35
Aetna NewBusiness $55.28
Aetna COMM $59.22
Aetna Meritain $59.22
Aetna OON $69.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $71.51
Superior Health Plan CHIP $71.51
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $71.51
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $71.51
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.51
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
Cigna LocalPlus $94.02
Cigna NewBusiness $94.11
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.01
Cigna HMO $105.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $105.01
Optum Health MCD $112.37
Cigna AllOther $132.90
Cigna IFP $137.91
Cigna QHP $143.02
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $204.32
United OptionsPPO $219.64
Unicare CHIP $245.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $250.29
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $260.51
Evry Health COMM $263.57
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $345.30
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $357.56
Curative Administrators COMM $408.64
Prominence Health Plan HIX $408.64
BCBS Traditional $453.59
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $459.72
City of McKinney COMM $459.72
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $500.58
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $510.80
Aetna ASA $538.38
Cigna Lifesource COMM $561.87
Aetna WCOMP $561.87
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $561.87
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $561.87
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $561.87
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $572.09
Averde Health, Inc PPO $592.52
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $601.72
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $601.72
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $684.47
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $715.11
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $715.11
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $715.11
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $725.33
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $766.19
USC Health Services COMM $817.27
USA Managed Care COMM $817.27
Galaxy Health Network PPO $868.35
Optum Health (URN) COMM $909.22
Unicare MCD $1,021.59
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,021.59
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,021.59

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X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $383.10 $33.08 – $35.73
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $154.50 $31.43 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $154.50 $31.43 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $90.94 – $90.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $414.68 $85.36 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $440.72 $33.08 – $550.90

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