Artery x-rays lung 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.

$119.22 with Aetna vs $11,833.37 with BCBS — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $119.22
United CHIP $129.98
Amerigroup CHIP $129.98
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $129.98
United STARPerinate $129.98
Amerigroup MGMCD $129.98
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $129.98
United STARPLUS $129.98
United STARKids $129.98
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $129.98
United STAR $129.98
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $136.48
Healthspring Life MCD $136.48
Aetna Better Health CHIP $140.38
Aetna Better Health MCD $140.38
Molina STARKIDS $142.98
Molina MCDSTAR $142.98
Molina CHIP $142.98
Molina STAR+PLUS $142.98
Humana MGMCD $162.47
Aetna NewBusiness $163.46
Aetna Meritain $175.10
Aetna COMM $175.10
Aetna OON $205.37
Cigna LocalPlus $285.39
Cigna NewBusiness $285.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $289.64
Superior Health Plan CHIP $289.64
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $289.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $289.64
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $289.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $318.93
Cigna HMO $318.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $318.93
Humana COMM $348.74
Cigna AllOther $403.39
Cigna IFP $558.59
Cigna QHP $579.27
United OptionsPPO $777.88
Unicare CHIP $910.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,013.73
Evry Health COMM $1,067.52
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,398.53
Curative Administrators COMM $1,655.07
BCBS Traditional $1,837.13
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,861.95
City of McKinney COMM $1,861.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,068.84
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,068.84
Aetna ASA $2,180.55
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,192.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,275.72
Aetna WCOMP $2,275.72
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,275.72
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,275.72
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,399.85
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,437.09
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,437.09
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,896.37
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,896.37
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,896.37
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,937.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,979.12
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,103.25
BCBS BluePremier $3,297.82
USC Health Services COMM $3,310.14
USA Managed Care COMM $3,310.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,365.20
United SmallGroup $3,365.20
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,517.02
Optum Transplant COMM $3,558.40
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,630.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,630.38
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,137.67
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,137.67
Unicare MCD $4,137.67
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,780.28
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,780.28
BCBS EPOSOA $11,306.82
BCBS PPO $11,833.37
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,150.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,402.00 $700.25 – $7,896.23
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,402.00 $139.08 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,402.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,344.80 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,150.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23

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