Across 8 hospitals in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX area that publish federally required price files, the median negotiated PPO rate is $3,530, the median HMO rate is $2,285, the median self-pay (cash) price is $2,798 for a MRI of the brain (without contrast). The Medicare outpatient baseline for the same procedure family is $356.
Source: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR §180), file dates 2026-01-01 to 2026-04-14 · Medicare baseline: CMS OPPS Addendum B · Page built 2026-09-11
| Hospital | PPO | HMO | Commercial | Medicare Adv. | ACA Exchange | Medicare | Cash | List (gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children Dallas · file updated 2026-02-09 | $1,1753.3× Medicare | $1,1153.1× Medicare | $3210.9× Medicare | — | — | — | $5,393 | $5,393 |
| Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Fort Worth · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $1,4324.0× Medicare | $1,3933.9× Medicare | — | — | $7022.0× Medicare | — | — | — |
| Dallas Medical Center Dallas · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $2,0205.7× Medicare | $1,4244.0× Medicare | $4881.4× Medicare | $3491.0× Medicare | $5411.5× Medicare | $3591.0× Medicare | $348 | $7,479 |
| Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worth · file updated 2026-01-01 | $3,5309.9× Medicare | $3,1478.8× Medicare | — | — | — | — | $3,026 | $4,034 |
| Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital Fortworth Fort Worth · file updated 2026-04-14 | $6,22517.5× Medicare | $5,13414.4× Medicare | — | — | — | — | $2,571 | $4,285 |
| North Central Surgical Center Llp Dallas · file updated 2026-04-14 | $6,22517.5× Medicare | $5,13414.4× Medicare | — | — | — | — | $2,571 | $4,285 |
| Baylor Scott And White Orthopedic And Spine Hospi Arlington · file updated 2026-04-14 | $6,22517.5× Medicare | $5,13414.4× Medicare | — | — | — | — | $3,693 | $6,155 |
| Jps Health Network Fort Worth · CMS 4★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | — | $8692.4× Medicare | — | — | $5081.4× Medicare | $3681.0× Medicare | — | — |
Each figure is the median of that hospital's published rates for the procedure's code family under that plan type. "×Medicare" compares to the CMS national outpatient rate. Blank cells mean the hospital's file discloses no dollar rate for that plan type.