Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$3,420.31

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.

$3,420.31

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.

$239.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,420.31 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $239.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $239.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $239.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $239.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $239.42 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $304.73 ↓ -91%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $304.73 ↓ -91%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $304.73 ↓ -91%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $304.73 ↓ -91%
United CHIP $304.73 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $304.73 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup CHIP $304.73 ↓ -91%
United STAR $304.73 ↓ -91%
United STARKids $304.73 ↓ -91%
United STARPerinate $304.73 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $319.97 ↓ -91%
Healthspring Life MCD $319.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $329.11 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $329.11 ↓ -90%
Molina STARKIDS $335.20 ↓ -90%
Molina MCDSTAR $335.20 ↓ -90%
Molina CHIP $335.20 ↓ -90%
Molina STAR+PLUS $335.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $369.26 ↓ -89%
Humana MGMCD $380.91 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $406.49 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $406.49 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $461.74 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $471.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $478.84 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $643.02 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $646.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna Meritain $692.52 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $692.52 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $752.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna OON $812.23 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $837.98 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $882.44 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $1,059.95 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,156.06 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,207.07 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,207.07 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,266.02 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $1,324.98 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,368.12 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,518.62 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,539.14 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,539.14 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,710.15 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,710.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,802.50 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,812.76 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,881.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,881.17 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,881.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,881.17 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,983.78 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,014.56 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,014.56 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,394.22 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,394.22 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,394.22 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,428.42 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,462.62 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,565.23 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,736.25 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,736.25 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,907.26 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,941.47 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,420.31 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,420.31 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,420.31 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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