X-ray finger(s) >= 2 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.

$37.85 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $672.02 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 $37.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.43
Amerigroup CHIP $38.43
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $38.43
United STARPerinate $38.43
United STARPLUS $38.43
United STARKids $38.43
United STAR $38.43
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $38.43
United CHIP $38.43
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $38.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $40.35
Aetna Better Health MCD $41.50
Aetna Better Health CHIP $41.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $42.27
Molina STARKIDS $42.27
Molina MCDSTAR $42.27
Molina CHIP $42.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.04
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $47.04
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $47.04
Humana MGMCD $48.04
Aetna QHPHIX $51.58
Aetna NewBusiness $70.73
Optum Health MCD $73.92
Aetna COMM $75.76
Aetna Meritain $75.76
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna OON $88.86
Cigna IFP $90.72
Cigna QHP $94.08
Humana COMM $100.94
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $121.13
Cigna NewBusiness $121.25
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $134.40
Cigna HMO $135.30
Cigna NetworkBenefit $135.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $135.30
United OptionsPPO $144.48
Unicare CHIP $161.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $164.64
Cigna AllOther $171.23
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $171.37
Evry Health COMM $173.38
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $227.14
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $235.21
Prominence Health Plan HIX $268.81
Curative Administrators COMM $268.81
BCBS Traditional $298.38
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $302.41
City of McKinney COMM $302.41
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $329.29
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $336.01
BCBS PPO $340.79
Aetna ASA $354.15
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $369.61
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $369.61
Cigna Lifesource COMM $369.61
Aetna WCOMP $369.61
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $369.61
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $376.33
Averde Health, Inc PPO $389.77
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $395.82
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $395.82
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $450.25
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $470.41
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $470.41
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $470.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $477.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $504.01
USC Health Services COMM $537.62
USA Managed Care COMM $537.62
Galaxy Health Network PPO $571.22
Optum Health (URN) COMM $598.10
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $672.02
Unicare MCD $672.02
Independent Medical Systems COMM $672.02

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X-ray finger(s) >= 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $241.05 $38.43 – $41.50
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $214.00 $36.51 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $214.00 $36.51 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $100.94 – $100.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $463.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $264.08 $54.36 – $396.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $297.18 $38.43 – $371.48

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