Xray place prox ext thor ao 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

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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.

$1,332.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $19,033.50 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,332.35
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,332.35
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,332.35
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,332.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,332.35
Optum Health MCD $2,093.68
Cigna IFP $2,569.52
Cigna QHP $2,664.69
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3,616.36
Aetna NewBusiness $3,730.57
Superior ValueHMO $3,806.70
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $3,806.70
Superior EPO $3,806.70
Superior HMO $3,806.70
Aetna COMM $3,978.00
United OptionsPPO $3,978.00
Aetna Meritain $3,978.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,549.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,549.01
Unicare CHIP $4,568.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,663.21
Aetna OON $4,701.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $4,758.38
Evry Health COMM $4,910.64
Cigna LocalPlus $5,024.84
Cigna NewBusiness $5,024.84
Cigna NetworkBenefit $5,614.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,614.88
Cigna HMO $5,614.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $5,976.52
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5,976.52
BCBS EPOSOA $6,281.06
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6,433.32
BCBS PPO $6,566.56
Cigna AllOther $7,099.50
Prominence Health Plan HIX $7,613.40
Curative Administrators COMM $7,613.40
BCBS Traditional $7,879.87
City of McKinney COMM $8,565.08
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8,565.08
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $8,565.08
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $9,326.42
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $9,516.75
Aetna ASA $9,611.92
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $10,468.42
Cigna Lifesource COMM $10,468.42
Aetna WCOMP $10,468.42
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $10,468.42
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $10,468.42
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $10,658.76
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $10,906.20
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $10,906.20
Averde Health, Inc PPO $11,039.43
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $12,752.44
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $13,323.45
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $13,323.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $13,513.78
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,275.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $14,275.13
USC Health Services COMM $15,226.80
USA Managed Care COMM $15,226.80
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $16,178.48
Optum Health (URN) COMM $16,939.81
Unicare MCD $19,033.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $19,033.50
Independent Medical Systems COMM $19,033.50

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Xray place prox ext thor ao at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,005.84 $284.99 – $1,424.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $874.93 $180.09 – $1,312.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $914.40 $182.88 – $1,143.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,005.84 $268.22 – $1,424.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $874.93 $280.85 – $1,312.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $874.93 $452.05 – $1,312.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $914.40 $304.80 – $1,371.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,005.84 $268.22 – $1,424.94

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