X-ray sternum > 2 views at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984
$1,010.42
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.
$1,010.42
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.
$33.24 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,010.42 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.
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 | $33.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $33.75 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $35.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $36.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $36.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | CHIP | $37.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $37.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $37.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $37.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $40.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $42.19 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $56.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMM | $60.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $60.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OON | $70.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $70.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $70.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $70.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $70.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $70.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $78.12 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $94.02 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $94.11 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $103.75 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $105.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | HMO | $105.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $105.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $111.15 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $132.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $136.41 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $141.46 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Religious Order of Jehovah Witness | LOGOV | $202.08 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $217.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $242.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $247.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | NarrowNetwork | $257.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $260.69 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $341.52 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways NTX | CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan | $353.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $404.17 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $404.17 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $448.63 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $454.69 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $454.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCR | $495.11 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $505.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $532.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $555.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $555.73 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $555.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $555.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $555.73 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $565.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $586.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $595.14 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $595.14 | ↓ -41% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $676.98 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $707.29 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $707.29 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $707.29 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $717.40 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $757.82 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $808.34 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $808.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $858.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Health (URN) | COMM | $899.27 | ↓ -11% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,010.42 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,010.42 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,010.42 | ↑ +0% |
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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $218.24 | $33.75 – $272.80 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $274.65 | $33.75 – $36.45 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $334.50 | $32.06 – $230.87 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $334.50 | $32.06 – $236.04 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $78.12 – $78.12 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $513.31 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $264.39 | $54.42 – $396.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $331.66 | $33.75 – $414.58 |