X-ray knee 1-2 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.

$33.89 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $836.42 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 $33.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.41
United CHIP $34.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $34.41
United STAR $34.41
United STARKids $34.41
United STARPLUS $34.41
United STARPerinate $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.41
Amerigroup CHIP $34.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.16
Molina MCDSTAR $37.85
Molina CHIP $37.85
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.85
Molina STARKIDS $37.85
Humana MGMCD $43.01
Aetna QHPHIX $43.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.55
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $58.55
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $58.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.55
Aetna NewBusiness $59.92
Aetna COMM $64.18
Aetna Meritain $64.18
Aetna OON $75.28
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
Optum Health MCD $92.01
Cigna LocalPlus $101.76
Cigna NewBusiness $101.86
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna IFP $112.92
Cigna HMO $113.66
Cigna NetworkBenefit $113.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.66
Cigna QHP $117.10
Cigna AllOther $143.85
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $167.28
United OptionsPPO $179.83
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Unicare CHIP $200.74
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $204.92
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $213.29
Evry Health COMM $215.80
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $282.71
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $292.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Curative Administrators COMM $334.57
Prominence Health Plan HIX $334.57
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $371.37
City of McKinney COMM $376.39
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $376.39
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $409.85
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $418.21
Aetna ASA $440.79
Cigna Lifesource COMM $460.03
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $460.03
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $460.03
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $460.03
Aetna WCOMP $460.03
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $468.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $485.12
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $492.65
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $492.65
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $560.40
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $585.49
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $585.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $585.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $593.86
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $627.32
USC Health Services COMM $669.14
USA Managed Care COMM $669.14
Galaxy Health Network PPO $710.96
Optum Health (URN) COMM $744.41
Unicare MCD $836.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $836.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $836.42

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X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $273.20 $34.41 – $341.50
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $383.10 $34.41 – $37.16
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $135.00 $32.69 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $135.00 $32.69 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $90.94 – $90.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $558.73 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $277.32 $57.08 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $379.64 $34.41 – $474.55

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