Abdominal X-ray Series (acute, with chest view) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$50.13 with Amerigroup vs $2,251.62 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
Amerigroup CHIP $50.13 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.13 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $50.13 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $50.13 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $50.13 —
United STARPLUS $50.13 —
United CHIP $50.13 —
United STAR $50.13 —
United STARPerinate $50.13 —
United STARKids $50.13 —
Healthspring Life MCD $52.64 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $52.64 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $54.14 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $54.14 —
Molina STARKIDS $55.14 —
Molina MCDSTAR $55.14 —
Molina CHIP $55.14 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $55.14 —
Humana MGMCD $62.66 —
Aetna NewBusiness $80.22 —
Aetna Meritain $85.69 —
Aetna COMM $85.69 —
Aetna OON $101.42 —
Cigna LocalPlus $139.36 —
Cigna NewBusiness $139.50 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $155.74 —
Cigna HMO $155.74 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $155.74 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $157.61 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $157.61 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $157.61 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $157.61 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $157.61 —
Cigna AllOther $196.98 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Cigna IFP $303.97 —
Cigna QHP $315.23 —
United OptionsPPO $412.05 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 —
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 —
Unicare CHIP $495.36 —
BCBS PPO $502.12 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $551.65 —
Evry Health COMM $580.92 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $761.05 —
Curative Administrators COMM $900.65 —
BCBS Traditional $932.17 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,013.23 —
City of McKinney COMM $1,013.23 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,013.23 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,103.29 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,125.81 —
Aetna ASA $1,137.07 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,193.36 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,238.39 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,238.39 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,238.39 —
Aetna WCOMP $1,238.39 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,290.18 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,290.18 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,305.94 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,508.59 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,576.13 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,576.13 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,598.65 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,688.71 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,688.71 —
USC Health Services COMM $1,801.30 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,801.30 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,913.88 —
Optum Transplant COMM $1,936.39 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,251.62 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,251.62 —
Unicare MCD $2,251.62 —

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Abdominal X-ray Series (acute, with chest view) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $920.90 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $418.63 $50.13 – $523.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $418.63 $86.17 – $627.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $468.03 $50.13 – $585.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $418.63 $50.13 – $523.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $418.63 $53.64 – $627.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $418.63 $50.13 – $627.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $468.03 $50.13 – $702.04

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