X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left 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.

$41.80 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,045.55 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 $41.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44
United CHIP $42.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $42.44
United STAR $42.44
United STARKids $42.44
United STARPLUS $42.44
United STARPerinate $42.44
Amerigroup CHIP $42.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.56
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.84
Molina CHIP $46.68
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.68
Molina STARKIDS $46.68
Molina MCDSTAR $46.68
Aetna QHPHIX $49.33
Humana MGMCD $53.05
Aetna NewBusiness $67.64
Aetna Meritain $72.46
Aetna COMM $72.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $73.19
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $73.19
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $73.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $73.19
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $73.19
Aetna OON $84.98
Humana COMM $98.07
Cigna LocalPlus $114.67
Cigna NewBusiness $114.79
Optum Health MCD $115.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $128.08
Cigna NetworkBenefit $128.08
Cigna HMO $128.08
Cigna IFP $141.15
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
Cigna QHP $146.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna AllOther $162.11
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $209.11
United OptionsPPO $224.79
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Unicare CHIP $250.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $256.16
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $266.62
Evry Health COMM $269.75
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $353.40
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $365.94
Prominence Health Plan HIX $418.22
Curative Administrators COMM $418.22
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS Traditional $464.22
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $470.50
City of McKinney COMM $470.50
BCBS PPO $478.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $512.32
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $522.77
Aetna ASA $551.00
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $575.05
Cigna Lifesource COMM $575.05
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $575.05
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $575.05
Aetna WCOMP $575.05
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $585.51
Averde Health, Inc PPO $606.42
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $615.83
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $615.83
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $700.52
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $731.88
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $731.88
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $731.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $742.34
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $784.16
USC Health Services COMM $836.44
USA Managed Care COMM $836.44
Galaxy Health Network PPO $888.72
Optum Health (URN) COMM $930.54
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,045.55
Unicare MCD $1,045.55
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,045.55

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $294.90 $42.44 – $45.84
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $300.50 $40.32 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $300.50 $40.32 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $98.07 – $98.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $788.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $394.69 $81.24 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.58 $42.44 – $463.23

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