X-ray heel/calcaneus > 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 $785.33 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
United STARPerinate $28.74
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74
United STARPLUS $28.74
United STARKids $28.74
United STAR $28.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $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 MCD $31.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61
Molina CHIP $31.61
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61
Molina STARKIDS $31.61
Aetna QHPHIX $35.25
Humana MGMCD $35.92
Aetna NewBusiness $48.33
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna COMM $51.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.97
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $54.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.97
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $54.97
Aetna OON $60.73
Humana COMM $76.73
Cigna LocalPlus $81.10
Cigna NewBusiness $81.18
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Optum Health MCD $86.39
Cigna NetworkBenefit $90.59
Cigna HMO $90.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.59
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna IFP $106.02
Cigna QHP $109.95
Cigna AllOther $114.65
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $157.07
United OptionsPPO $168.85
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Unicare CHIP $188.48
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $192.41
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $200.26
Evry Health COMM $202.62
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $265.44
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $274.87
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
Prominence Health Plan HIX $314.13
Curative Administrators COMM $314.13
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $348.69
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $353.40
City of McKinney COMM $353.40
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $384.81
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $392.67
Aetna ASA $413.87
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $431.93
Aetna WCOMP $431.93
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $431.93
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $431.93
Cigna Lifesource COMM $431.93
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $439.78
Averde Health, Inc PPO $455.49
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $462.56
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $462.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $526.17
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $549.73
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $549.73
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $549.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $557.58
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $589.00
USC Health Services COMM $628.26
USA Managed Care COMM $628.26
Galaxy Health Network PPO $667.53
Optum Health (URN) COMM $698.94
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $785.33
Unicare MCD $785.33
Independent Medical Systems COMM $785.33

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X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $289.65 $28.74 – $31.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS $396.23 $76.73 – $76.73
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $258.50 $27.30 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $258.50 $27.30 – $236.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.06 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.11 $55.60 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.12 $28.74 – $358.90

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