Chest apical lordotic proj 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.

$42.44 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,337.68 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.

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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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $42.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44
Amerigroup CHIP $42.44
United STARKids $42.44
United CHIP $42.44
United STAR $42.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.44
United STARPerinate $42.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.44
United STARPLUS $42.44
Healthspring Life MCD $44.56
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.56
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.84
Molina STARKIDS $46.68
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.68
Molina MCDSTAR $46.68
Molina CHIP $46.68
Aetna QHPHIX $49.33
Humana MGMCD $53.05
Aetna NewBusiness $67.64
Aetna Meritain $72.46
Aetna COMM $72.46
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna OON $84.98
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $93.64
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $93.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $93.64
Superior Health Plan STARKids $93.64
Superior Health Plan CHIP $93.64
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Humana COMM $99.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $117.84
Cigna NewBusiness $117.96
Cigna NetworkBenefit $131.69
Cigna HMO $131.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $131.69
Cigna AllOther $166.56
Cigna IFP $180.59
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna QHP $187.28
United OptionsPPO $251.48
Unicare CHIP $294.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $327.73
BCBS PPO $340.79
Evry Health COMM $345.12
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $452.14
Curative Administrators COMM $535.07
BCBS Traditional $593.93
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $601.96
City of McKinney COMM $601.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $668.84
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $668.84
Aetna ASA $704.96
Cigna Lifesource COMM $708.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $735.72
Aetna WCOMP $735.72
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $735.72
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $735.72
Averde Health, Inc PPO $775.85
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $787.89
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $787.89
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $936.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $936.38
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $936.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $949.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $963.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,003.26
USC Health Services COMM $1,070.14
USA Managed Care COMM $1,070.14
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,137.03
Optum Transplant COMM $1,150.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,337.68
Unicare MCD $1,337.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,337.68
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.06 $55.59 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $264.55 $42.44 – $330.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.06 $45.41 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $270.06 $42.44 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $264.55 $42.44 – $396.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62

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