X-ray skull < 4 views at MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE
3100 Alliance Town Ctr, FORT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1316775935
$569.84
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.
$569.84
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.
$45.39 with Aetna vs $341.90 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 | $45.39 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $62.23 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $66.66 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $66.66 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | OON | $78.19 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASA | $300.31 | ↓ -47% |
| Magellan BH | Pinnacle | $341.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Magellan BH | Summit | $341.90 | ↓ -40% |
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X-ray skull < 4 views 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 | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $351.00 | $36.09 – $39.70 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $351.00 | $36.09 – $39.70 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $351.00 | $36.09 – $39.70 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $615.53 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $309.63 | $63.73 – $464.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $312.96 | $36.09 – $391.20 |