Artery x-rays spine 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.
$217.57 with Aetna vs $19,625.73 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $217.57 | — |
| United | STARKids | $250.94 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $250.94 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $250.94 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $250.94 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $250.94 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $250.94 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $250.94 | — |
| United | CHIP | $250.94 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $250.94 | — |
| United | STAR | $250.94 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $263.49 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $263.49 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $271.02 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $271.02 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $276.03 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $276.03 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $276.03 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $276.03 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $298.31 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $313.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $319.56 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $319.56 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $374.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $481.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $481.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $481.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $481.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $481.37 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $535.89 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $536.40 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $553.61 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $598.86 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $598.86 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $598.86 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $757.44 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $928.36 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $962.74 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,292.82 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,512.88 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,684.80 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,774.19 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,324.33 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,750.69 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,053.26 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,094.52 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,094.52 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,438.36 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,438.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,624.03 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $3,644.66 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,782.20 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,782.20 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,782.20 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,782.20 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,988.50 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,050.39 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,050.39 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,813.70 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,813.70 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,813.70 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,882.47 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $4,951.24 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,157.54 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $5,469.47 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,501.38 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,501.38 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,757.70 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $5,757.70 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,845.21 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $5,913.98 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6,021.01 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $6,021.01 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,876.72 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,876.72 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,876.72 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $17,879.18 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $17,879.18 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18,752.46 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $19,625.73 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,094.60 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,255.45 | $875.91 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,385.15 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,094.60 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,255.45 | $268.51 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,255.45 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,385.15 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $4,094.60 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |