X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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

$5,583.64

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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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$5,583.64

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.

$60.56 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $5,583.64 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 $60.56 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $61.48 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $61.48 ↓ -99%
United STAR $61.48 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $61.48 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $61.48 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $61.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $61.48 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $61.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $61.48 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $61.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $64.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $66.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $66.40 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $67.63 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $67.63 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $67.63 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $67.63 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $76.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $109.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $117.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $117.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $138.66 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $183.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $183.28 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $204.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $204.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $204.51 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $258.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $390.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $390.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $390.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $390.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $390.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $502.12 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCD $614.20 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $753.79 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $781.71 ↓ -86%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,116.73 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,166.98 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1,340.07 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,367.99 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $1,440.58 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,887.27 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,233.46 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,233.46 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,311.63 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,512.64 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,512.64 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,512.64 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,735.98 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,791.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,819.74 ↓ -49%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,071.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,071.00 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,071.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,071.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,071.00 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,126.84 ↓ -44%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,199.43 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,199.43 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,238.51 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,741.04 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,908.55 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,908.55 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,964.38 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,187.73 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,187.73 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,466.91 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,466.91 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,746.09 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,969.44 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $5,583.64 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,583.64 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,583.64 ↑ +0%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $535.91 $61.48 – $669.89
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $425.55 $61.48 – $66.40
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $428.50 $58.41 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $428.50 $58.41 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $61.48 – $61.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,049.33 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.98 $123.91 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $626.63 $61.48 – $783.29

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →