X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw 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

$2,783.84

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.

$2,783.84

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.

$76.83 with BCBS vs $2,783.84 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
BCBS BluePremier $76.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $77.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $77.42 ↓ -97%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $78.34 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $79.53 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $79.53 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $79.53 ↓ -97%
United STAR $79.53 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $79.53 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $79.53 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $79.53 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $79.53 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $79.53 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $79.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $83.51 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $85.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $85.89 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $87.48 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $87.48 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $87.48 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $87.48 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $99.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $103.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $141.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $151.90 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $151.90 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $178.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $194.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $194.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $194.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $194.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $194.87 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $227.69 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentials $229.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $229.90 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $239.90 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $240.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $241.13 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $252.36 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $267.95 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $267.95 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $267.95 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCD $306.22 ↓ -89%
Cigna AllOther $339.12 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $375.82 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $389.74 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $556.77 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $598.53 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $668.12 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $682.04 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $709.88 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $718.23 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $940.94 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $974.34 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,113.54 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,113.54 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,236.02 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,252.73 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,252.73 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,364.08 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,391.92 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,467.08 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,531.11 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,531.11 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,531.11 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,531.11 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,531.11 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,558.95 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,614.63 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,639.68 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,639.68 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,865.17 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,948.69 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,948.69 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,948.69 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,976.53 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,087.88 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,227.07 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,227.07 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,366.26 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,477.62 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,783.84 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,783.84 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,783.84 ↑ +0%

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X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $539.81 $79.53 – $674.76
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $362.55 $79.53 – $85.89
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $531.00 $75.55 – $325.44
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $531.00 $75.55 – $325.44
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $227.69 – $227.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $560.57 $115.38 – $840.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $560.57 $79.53 – $700.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $539.81 $79.53 – $674.76

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