Chest X-ray (single view) at MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE
3100 Alliance Town Ctr, FORT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1316775935
$321.81
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.
$321.81
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.
$28.47 with Aetna vs $193.09 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.
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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| Aetna | QHPHIX | $28.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $39.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMM | $41.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $41.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OON | $49.04 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | ASA | $169.59 | ↓ -47% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $193.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $193.09 | ↓ -40% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $383.10 | $25.73 – $28.30 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $383.10 | $25.73 – $28.30 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $383.10 | $25.73 – $28.30 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $687.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $327.08 | $67.32 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $349.81 | $25.73 – $437.26 |