X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$1,123.75
Cash price 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.
$1,123.75
Gross charge 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.
$39.50 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,123.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $39.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPerinate | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARPLUS | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STARKids | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| United | STAR | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| United | CHIP | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $42.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $43.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $43.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $44.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $44.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $44.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | CHIP | $44.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $50.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $53.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $73.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $78.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $78.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $78.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $78.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $78.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMM | $79.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $79.07 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OON | $92.74 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $103.75 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | COMM | $108.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $122.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $122.54 | ↓ -89% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $123.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $136.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | HMO | $136.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $136.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $151.71 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $157.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $173.05 | ↓ -85% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -84% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $224.75 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $241.61 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $269.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $275.32 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $286.56 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $289.93 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $379.83 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $393.31 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $449.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $449.50 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $498.94 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $505.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $505.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $550.64 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $561.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $592.22 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $618.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $618.06 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $618.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $618.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $618.06 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $629.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $651.77 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $661.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $661.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $752.91 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $786.63 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $786.63 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $786.63 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $797.86 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $842.81 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $899.00 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $899.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $955.19 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $1,000.14 | ↓ -11% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,123.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,123.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,123.75 | ↑ +0% |
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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $299.78 | $40.10 – $374.73 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $491.70 | $40.10 – $43.31 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $204.00 | $38.10 – $230.87 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $204.00 | $38.10 – $236.04 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $108.02 – $108.02 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $922.15 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $289.34 | $59.56 – $434.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $300.65 | $40.10 – $375.82 |