X-ray eye detection foreign body (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.

$32.26 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,027.97 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 $32.26
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.75
United CHIP $32.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $32.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $32.75
United STAR $32.75
United STARKids $32.75
United STARPLUS $32.75
United STARPerinate $32.75
Amerigroup CHIP $32.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.39
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.37
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.37
Molina STARKIDS $36.03
Molina CHIP $36.03
Molina MCDSTAR $36.03
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.03
Aetna QHPHIX $39.76
Humana MGMCD $40.94
Aetna NewBusiness $54.51
Aetna COMM $58.39
Aetna Meritain $58.39
Aetna OON $68.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $71.96
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $71.96
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $71.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $71.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.96
Humana COMM $78.12
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $92.69
Cigna NewBusiness $92.79
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.53
Cigna HMO $103.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.53
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Optum Health MCD $113.08
Cigna AllOther $131.03
Cigna IFP $138.78
Cigna QHP $143.92
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $205.59
United OptionsPPO $221.01
Unicare CHIP $246.71
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $251.85
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $262.13
Evry Health COMM $265.22
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $347.45
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $359.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $411.19
Curative Administrators COMM $411.19
BCBS Traditional $456.42
City of McKinney COMM $462.59
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $462.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $503.71
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $513.99
Aetna ASA $541.74
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $565.38
Cigna Lifesource COMM $565.38
Aetna WCOMP $565.38
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $565.38
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $565.38
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $575.66
Averde Health, Inc PPO $596.22
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $605.47
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $605.47
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $688.74
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $719.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $719.58
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $719.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $729.86
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $770.98
USC Health Services COMM $822.38
USA Managed Care COMM $822.38
Galaxy Health Network PPO $873.77
Optum Health (URN) COMM $914.89
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,027.97
Unicare MCD $1,027.97
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,027.97

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $293.50 $31.11 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $293.50 $31.11 – $236.04
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas not published $32.75 – $35.37
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $78.12 – $78.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.98 $37.87 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $189.70 $32.75 – $237.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00

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