Brain image w/flow < 4 views 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.
$202.81 with United vs $851.01 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 |
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| United | STARPLUS | $202.81 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $202.81 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $202.81 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $202.81 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $202.81 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $202.81 | — |
| United | CHIP | $202.81 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $202.81 | — |
| United | STAR | $202.81 | — |
| United | STARKids | $202.81 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $212.95 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $212.95 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $219.03 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $219.03 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $223.09 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $223.09 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $223.09 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $223.09 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $237.17 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $253.51 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $261.08 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $261.08 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $303.82 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $416.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $446.24 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $446.24 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $523.38 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $775.28 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $775.28 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $794.12 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $813.14 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $851.01 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,063.48 | $196.80 – $1,329.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,694.19 | $541.75 – $4,041.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,905.29 | $196.80 – $2,381.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,063.48 | $196.80 – $1,329.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,694.19 | $210.58 – $4,041.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,694.19 | $196.80 – $4,041.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,905.29 | $196.80 – $2,857.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,063.48 | $196.80 – $1,329.35 |