Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL
7808 CLODUS FIELDS DRIVE, DALLAS, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1831140698
$815.31
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.
$815.31
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.
$57.07 with Superior Health Plan vs $815.31 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.
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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $57.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $57.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $57.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $57.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $57.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $95.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $199.75 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $210.35 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $275.57 | ↓ -66% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $366.89 | ↓ -55% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $448.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $448.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $472.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Value Options Behavioral Health | COMM | $489.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Behavioral Health | COMM | $489.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $489.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $489.19 | ↓ -40% |
| USA Managed Care | PPO | $529.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | BHCOMM | $529.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $570.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $574.79 | ↓ -30% |
| ComPsych Corporation | COMM | $652.25 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMM | $652.25 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $693.01 | ↓ -15% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | PPO | $733.78 | ↓ -10% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $815.31 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $815.31 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $337.54 | $40.10 – $421.92 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $524.40 | $40.10 – $43.31 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $1,383.94 | $39.50 – $145.70 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | Dallas | $467.00 | $38.10 – $277.35 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | $467.00 | $38.10 – $283.56 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $620.07 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $384.07 | $79.05 – $576.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $474.69 | $40.10 – $593.36 |