X-ray exam entire spi 6/> 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

$2,809.37

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.

$2,809.37

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.

$89.96 with BCBS vs $2,809.37 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 $89.96 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $90.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $90.65 ↓ -97%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $97.42 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $98.90 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $98.90 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $98.90 ↓ -96%
United STAR $98.90 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $98.90 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $98.90 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $98.90 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $98.90 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $98.90 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $98.90 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $103.85 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $106.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $106.81 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $108.79 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $108.79 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $108.79 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $108.79 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $123.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $132.17 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $181.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $194.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $194.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $196.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $196.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $196.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $196.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $196.66 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $227.69 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $264.72 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $269.19 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $269.19 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $282.34 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $295.48 ↓ -89%
Cigna LocalPlus $306.80 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $307.11 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $309.03 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $342.68 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $342.68 ↓ -88%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $342.68 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $379.26 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $393.31 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $433.70 ↓ -85%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $561.87 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $604.01 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $674.25 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $688.30 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $716.39 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $724.82 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $949.57 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $983.28 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,123.75 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,123.75 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,247.36 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,264.22 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,264.22 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,376.59 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,404.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,480.54 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,545.15 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,545.15 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,545.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,545.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,545.15 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,573.25 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,629.43 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,654.72 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,654.72 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,882.28 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,966.56 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,966.56 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,966.56 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,994.65 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,107.03 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,247.50 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,247.50 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,387.96 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,500.34 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,809.37 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,809.37 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,809.37 ↑ +0%

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X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $575.76 $98.90 – $719.70
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Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $706.00 $93.96 – $404.70
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $591.21 $121.69 – $886.82
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