Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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.

$87.21 with United vs $1,376.40 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 $87.21
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $87.21
Amerigroup MGMCD $87.21
Amerigroup CHIP $87.21
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $87.21
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $87.21
United CHIP $87.21
United STARPerinate $87.21
United STARPLUS $87.21
United STARKids $87.21
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $91.57
Healthspring Life MCD $91.57
Aetna Better Health CHIP $94.19
Aetna Better Health MCD $94.19
Molina MCDSTAR $95.93
Molina CHIP $95.93
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.93
Molina STARKIDS $95.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $96.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $96.35
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $96.35
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $96.35
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $96.35
Aetna QHPHIX $101.17
Humana MGMCD $109.01
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Aetna NewBusiness $138.72
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
Aetna COMM $148.60
Aetna Meritain $148.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Aetna OON $174.28
Cigna IFP $185.81
Cigna QHP $192.70
Cigna LocalPlus $242.69
Cigna NewBusiness $242.93
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Humana COMM $251.90
United OptionsPPO $258.76
Cigna NetworkBenefit $271.21
Cigna HMO $271.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $271.21
Unicare CHIP $302.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $337.22
Cigna AllOther $343.03
Evry Health COMM $355.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $465.22
BCBS PPO $478.58
Curative Administrators COMM $550.56
BCBS Traditional $611.12
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $619.38
City of McKinney COMM $619.38
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $688.20
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $688.20
Aetna ASA $725.36
Cigna Lifesource COMM $729.49
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $757.02
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $757.02
Aetna WCOMP $757.02
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $757.02
Averde Health, Inc PPO $798.31
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $810.70
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $810.70
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $963.48
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $963.48
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $963.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $977.24
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $991.01
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,032.30
USC Health Services COMM $1,101.12
USA Managed Care COMM $1,101.12
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,169.94
Optum Transplant COMM $1,183.70
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,376.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,376.40
Unicare MCD $1,376.40
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,242.44 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $671.72 $138.26 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $604.43 $87.21 – $755.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $671.72 $93.31 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $671.72 $87.21 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $604.43 $87.21 – $906.65

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