X-ray scapula complete (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.

$23.70 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $986.49 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 $23.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.06
Amerigroup CHIP $24.06
United STAR $24.06
United STARPerinate $24.06
United STARPLUS $24.06
United STARKids $24.06
United CHIP $24.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $24.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $24.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $24.06
Aetna QHPHIX $25.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.26
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $25.98
Molina STARKIDS $26.47
Molina MCDSTAR $26.47
Molina CHIP $26.47
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.47
Humana MGMCD $30.07
Aetna NewBusiness $34.40
Aetna Meritain $36.85
Aetna COMM $36.85
Aetna OON $43.22
Cigna LocalPlus $57.84
Cigna NewBusiness $57.90
Cigna HMO $64.60
Cigna NetworkBenefit $64.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.05
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.05
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $69.05
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $69.05
Cigna AllOther $81.76
Humana COMM $85.25
Optum Health MCD $108.51
Cigna IFP $133.18
Cigna QHP $138.11
BCBS BluePremier $145.70
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $197.30
United OptionsPPO $212.10
Unicare CHIP $236.76
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $241.69
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $251.55
Evry Health COMM $254.51
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $333.43
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $345.27
Prominence Health Plan HIX $394.60
Curative Administrators COMM $394.60
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS Traditional $438.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $443.92
City of McKinney COMM $443.92
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $483.38
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $493.25
Aetna ASA $519.88
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $542.57
Cigna Lifesource COMM $542.57
Aetna WCOMP $542.57
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $542.57
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $542.57
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $552.43
Averde Health, Inc PPO $572.16
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $581.04
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $581.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $660.95
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $690.54
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $690.54
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $690.54
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $700.41
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $739.87
USC Health Services COMM $789.19
USA Managed Care COMM $789.19
Galaxy Health Network PPO $838.52
Optum Health (URN) COMM $877.98
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $986.49
Unicare MCD $986.49
Independent Medical Systems COMM $986.49

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X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $270.00 $24.06 – $25.98
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $263.50 $22.86 – $277.35
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $263.50 $22.86 – $283.56
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $85.25 – $85.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.52 $56.92 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $311.92 $24.06 – $389.89

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