X-ray wrist 2 views (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.

$33.58 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $715.12 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 $33.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.09
United CHIP $34.09
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $34.09
United STAR $34.09
United STARKids $34.09
United STARPLUS $34.09
United STARPerinate $34.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.09
Amerigroup CHIP $34.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.79
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.82
Molina MCDSTAR $37.50
Molina CHIP $37.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.50
Molina STARKIDS $37.50
Humana MGMCD $42.61
Aetna QHPHIX $43.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.06
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.06
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.06
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.06
Aetna NewBusiness $59.14
Aetna COMM $63.36
Aetna Meritain $63.36
Aetna OON $74.31
Optum Health MCD $78.66
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
Cigna IFP $96.54
Cigna QHP $100.12
Cigna LocalPlus $100.48
Cigna NewBusiness $100.58
BCBS BluePremier $103.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna HMO $112.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $112.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.22
Cigna AllOther $142.03
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $143.02
United OptionsPPO $153.75
Unicare CHIP $171.63
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $175.20
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $182.36
Evry Health COMM $184.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $241.71
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $250.29
Prominence Health Plan HIX $286.05
Curative Administrators COMM $286.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS Traditional $317.51
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $321.80
City of McKinney COMM $321.80
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $350.41
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $357.56
Aetna ASA $376.87
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $393.32
Cigna Lifesource COMM $393.32
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $393.32
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $393.32
Aetna WCOMP $393.32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $400.47
Averde Health, Inc PPO $414.77
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $421.21
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $421.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $479.13
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $500.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $500.58
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $500.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $507.74
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $536.34
USC Health Services COMM $572.10
USA Managed Care COMM $572.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $607.85
Optum Health (URN) COMM $636.46
Unicare MCD $715.12
Independent Medical Systems COMM $715.12
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $715.12

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X-ray wrist 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $328.35 $34.09 – $36.82
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $318.50 $32.39 – $230.87
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $318.50 $32.39 – $236.04
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $90.94 – $90.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $470.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.49 $55.27 – $402.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $318.11 $34.09 – $397.63

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