Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

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.

$104.75 with United vs $1,720.48 with Unicare — 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
United STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Healthspring Life MCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $120.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $120.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $120.43
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $120.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $120.43
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Aetna QHPHIX $134.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $184.31
Aetna COMM $197.44
Aetna Meritain $197.44
Aetna OON $231.57
Cigna IFP $232.26
Cigna QHP $240.87
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna LocalPlus $317.88
Cigna NewBusiness $318.18
United OptionsPPO $323.45
Humana COMM $333.05
Cigna NetworkBenefit $355.23
Cigna HMO $355.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $355.23
Unicare CHIP $378.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $421.52
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Evry Health COMM $443.88
Cigna AllOther $449.30
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $581.52
Curative Administrators COMM $688.19
BCBS Traditional $763.89
City of McKinney COMM $774.22
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $774.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $860.24
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $860.24
Aetna ASA $906.69
Cigna Lifesource COMM $911.85
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $946.26
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $946.26
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $946.26
Aetna WCOMP $946.26
Averde Health, Inc PPO $997.88
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,013.36
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,013.36
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,204.34
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,204.34
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,204.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,221.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,238.75
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,290.36
USA Managed Care COMM $1,376.38
USC Health Services COMM $1,376.38
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,462.41
Optum Transplant COMM $1,479.61
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,720.48
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,720.48
Unicare MCD $1,720.48
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,356.39 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $714.97 $141.23 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $537.43 $99.77 – $671.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $714.97 $99.77 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $714.97 $104.75 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $537.43 $99.77 – $806.14

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