X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$3,869.27

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.

$3,869.27

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.

$40.15 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,869.27 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 $40.15 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.76 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $40.76 ↓ -99%
United STAR $40.76 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $40.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $40.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $40.76 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $40.76 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $40.76 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $40.76 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $40.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $42.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.02 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $44.84 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $44.84 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $44.84 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $44.84 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $50.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $69.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $74.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $74.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $87.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $115.96 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $116.07 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $129.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $129.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $129.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $163.92 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $270.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $270.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $270.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $270.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $270.85 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $425.62 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $502.12 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $522.35 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $541.70 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $773.85 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $808.68 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $928.62 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $947.97 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $998.27 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,307.81 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,547.71 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,547.71 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,601.88 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $1,741.17 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,741.17 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,741.17 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,895.94 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,934.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,953.98 ↓ -50%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,128.10 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,128.10 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,128.10 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,128.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,128.10 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,166.79 ↓ -44%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,217.09 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,217.09 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,244.18 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $2,592.41 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,708.49 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,708.49 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,747.18 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,901.95 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,901.95 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,095.42 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $3,095.42 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,288.88 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $3,443.65 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $3,869.27 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,869.27 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,869.27 ↑ +0%

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $341.30 $40.76 – $426.63
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $425.55 $40.76 – $44.02
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $467.00 $38.72 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $467.00 $38.72 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $40.76 – $40.76
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $814.45 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $468.26 $96.38 – $702.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $423.69 $40.76 – $529.61

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