Ankle X-ray at MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE

3100 Alliance Town Ctr, FORT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1316775935

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.

$47.64 with Aetna vs $443.00 with Magellan BH — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $47.64
Aetna NewBusiness $65.32
Aetna COMM $69.97
Aetna Meritain $69.97
Aetna OON $82.07
Aetna ASA $389.10
Magellan BH Pinnacle $443.00
Magellan BH Summit $443.00

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Ankle X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $404.40 $36.75 – $40.43
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $404.40 $36.75 – $40.43
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $404.40 $36.75 – $40.43
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $663.23 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $325.59 $67.02 – $488.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $356.32 $36.75 – $445.39

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