X-ray exam of jaw joint 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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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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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.

$81.62 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,001.69 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 $81.62
Amerigroup CHIP $82.86
United STARPerinate $82.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $82.86
United STARPLUS $82.86
United STARKids $82.86
United STAR $82.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $82.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $82.86
United CHIP $82.86
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $82.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $87.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $89.49
Aetna Better Health CHIP $89.49
Molina MCDSTAR $91.15
Molina CHIP $91.15
Molina STAR+PLUS $91.15
Molina STARKIDS $91.15
Aetna QHPHIX $101.17
Humana MGMCD $103.58
Aetna NewBusiness $138.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $140.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $140.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $140.12
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $140.12
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $140.12
Aetna COMM $148.60
Aetna Meritain $148.60
Aetna OON $174.28
Humana COMM $175.00
Optum Health MCD $220.19
Cigna LocalPlus $228.31
Cigna NewBusiness $228.53
Cigna NetworkBenefit $255.00
Cigna HMO $255.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $255.00
Cigna IFP $270.23
Cigna QHP $280.24
BCBS BluePremier $302.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $305.28
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $305.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
United SmallGroup $313.62
Cigna AllOther $322.74
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $400.34
United OptionsPPO $430.36
Unicare CHIP $480.41
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $490.41
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $510.43
Evry Health COMM $516.44
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $676.57
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $700.59
Curative Administrators COMM $800.68
Prominence Health Plan HIX $800.68
BCBS Traditional $888.75
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $900.76
City of McKinney COMM $900.76
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $980.83
BCBS PPO $995.08
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,000.85
Aetna ASA $1,054.89
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,100.93
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,100.93
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,100.93
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,100.93
Aetna WCOMP $1,100.93
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,120.95
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,160.98
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,179.00
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,179.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,341.13
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,401.18
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,401.18
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,401.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,421.20
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,501.27
USC Health Services COMM $1,601.35
USA Managed Care COMM $1,601.35
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,701.44
Optum Health (URN) COMM $1,781.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,001.69
Unicare MCD $2,001.69
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,001.69

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X-ray exam of jaw joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $255.35 $82.86 – $607.02
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $452.00 $78.72 – $632.98
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $452.00 $78.72 – $647.16
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $82.86 – $89.49
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $175.00 – $175.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $813.60 $167.47 – $1,220.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $813.60 $82.86 – $1,017.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $255.35 $82.86 – $607.02

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