X-ray foot 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.

$28.31 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $951.34 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 $28.31
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74
United STARPerinate $28.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74
United STARPLUS $28.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.74
United STARKids $28.74
United STAR $28.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $28.74
United CHIP $28.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $28.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.18
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.04
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61
Molina STARKIDS $31.61
Molina CHIP $31.61
Aetna QHPHIX $34.69
Humana MGMCD $35.92
Aetna NewBusiness $47.56
Aetna COMM $50.95
Aetna Meritain $50.95
Aetna OON $59.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $66.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $66.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $66.59
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $66.59
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $66.59
Humana COMM $73.86
Cigna LocalPlus $81.10
Cigna NewBusiness $81.18
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna NetworkBenefit $90.59
Cigna HMO $90.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.59
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Optum Health MCD $104.65
Cigna AllOther $114.65
Cigna IFP $128.43
Cigna QHP $133.19
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $190.27
United OptionsPPO $204.54
Unicare CHIP $228.32
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $233.08
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $242.59
Evry Health COMM $245.45
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $321.55
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $332.97
BCBS PPO $340.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $380.54
Curative Administrators COMM $380.54
BCBS Traditional $422.39
City of McKinney COMM $428.10
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $428.10
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $466.16
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $475.67
Aetna ASA $501.36
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $523.24
Cigna Lifesource COMM $523.24
Aetna WCOMP $523.24
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $523.24
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $523.24
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $532.75
Averde Health, Inc PPO $551.78
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $560.34
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $560.34
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $637.40
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $665.94
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $665.94
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $665.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $675.45
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $713.50
USC Health Services COMM $761.07
USA Managed Care COMM $761.07
Galaxy Health Network PPO $808.64
Optum Health (URN) COMM $846.69
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $951.34
Unicare MCD $951.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $951.34

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X-ray foot 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $287.92 $28.74 – $359.90
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $333.00 $28.74 – $31.04
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $243.00 $27.30 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $243.00 $27.30 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $73.86 – $73.86
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $338.66 $69.71 – $508.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $338.66 $28.74 – $423.33

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