X-ray forearm 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.

$28.96 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $935.40 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $28.96
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $29.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.40
United CHIP $29.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $29.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $29.40
Amerigroup CHIP $29.40
United STAR $29.40
United STARKids $29.40
United STARPLUS $29.40
United STARPerinate $29.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.75
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.75
Molina STAR+PLUS $32.34
Molina CHIP $32.34
Molina MCDSTAR $32.34
Molina STARKIDS $32.34
Aetna QHPHIX $35.81
Humana MGMCD $36.75
Aetna NewBusiness $49.10
Aetna COMM $52.60
Aetna Meritain $52.60
Aetna OON $61.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.48
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $65.48
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $65.48
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.48
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.48
Humana COMM $69.60
Cigna LocalPlus $83.67
Cigna NewBusiness $83.75
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna NetworkBenefit $93.45
Cigna HMO $93.45
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $93.45
Optum Health MCD $102.89
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna AllOther $118.28
Cigna IFP $126.28
Cigna QHP $130.96
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $187.08
United OptionsPPO $201.11
Unicare CHIP $224.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $229.17
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $238.53
Evry Health COMM $241.33
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $316.17
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $327.39
BCBS PPO $340.79
Curative Administrators COMM $374.16
Prominence Health Plan HIX $374.16
BCBS Traditional $415.32
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $420.93
City of McKinney COMM $420.93
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $458.35
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $467.70
Aetna ASA $492.96
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $514.47
Cigna Lifesource COMM $514.47
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $514.47
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $514.47
Aetna WCOMP $514.47
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $523.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $542.53
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $550.95
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $550.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $626.72
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $654.78
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $654.78
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $654.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $664.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $701.55
USC Health Services COMM $748.32
USA Managed Care COMM $748.32
Galaxy Health Network PPO $795.09
Optum Health (URN) COMM $832.51
Unicare MCD $935.40
Independent Medical Systems COMM $935.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $935.40

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.62 $29.40 – $397.03
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $404.40 $29.40 – $31.75
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $324.00 $27.93 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $324.00 $27.93 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $69.60 – $69.60
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $522.39 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $375.50 $77.29 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $372.73 $29.40 – $465.92

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