Ankle X-ray at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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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.
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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.
$36.75 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $760.23 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $36.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $36.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $36.75 | — |
| United | STARKids | $36.75 | — |
| United | STAR | $36.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $36.75 | — |
| United | CHIP | $36.75 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $36.75 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $36.75 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $36.75 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $38.59 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $38.59 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $39.69 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $39.69 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $40.43 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $40.43 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $40.43 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $40.43 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $45.94 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $47.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $53.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $53.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $53.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $53.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $53.22 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $65.32 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $69.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $69.97 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $82.07 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $90.94 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.97 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $102.63 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $106.43 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $115.18 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $115.29 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $128.71 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $128.71 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $128.71 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $142.92 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $162.79 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $167.25 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $186.26 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $196.14 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $256.96 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $304.09 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $337.54 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $342.10 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $342.10 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $380.12 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $380.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $400.64 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $402.92 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $418.13 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $418.13 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $418.13 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $418.13 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $440.93 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $447.78 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $447.78 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $532.16 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $532.16 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $532.16 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $539.76 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $547.37 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $570.17 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $608.18 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $608.18 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $646.20 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $653.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $760.23 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $760.23 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $760.23 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ankle X-ray at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $663.23 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $296.24 | $36.75 – $370.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $325.59 | $67.02 – $488.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $356.32 | $36.75 – $445.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $296.24 | $36.75 – $370.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $325.59 | $39.32 – $488.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $325.59 | $36.75 – $488.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $356.32 | $36.75 – $534.47 |