Chest Ultrasound at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$57.14 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $857.42 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $57.14 —
United CHIP $57.14 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $57.14 —
United STARPerinate $57.14 —
United STARKids $57.14 —
Amerigroup CHIP $57.14 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $57.14 —
United STAR $57.14 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $57.14 —
United STARPLUS $57.14 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $60.00 —
Healthspring Life MCD $60.00 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.02 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.02 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $60.02 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.02 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $60.02 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $61.71 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $61.71 —
Molina MCDSTAR $62.85 —
Molina CHIP $62.85 —
Molina STARKIDS $62.85 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $62.85 —
Aetna NewBusiness $70.93 —
Humana MGMCD $71.42 —
Aetna Meritain $75.76 —
Aetna COMM $75.76 —
Aetna OON $89.67 —
Cigna IFP $115.75 —
Cigna LocalPlus $117.84 —
Cigna NewBusiness $117.96 —
Cigna QHP $120.04 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $131.69 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $131.69 —
Cigna HMO $131.69 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
United OptionsPPO $156.91 —
Cigna AllOther $166.56 —
Unicare CHIP $188.63 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $210.07 —
Evry Health COMM $221.21 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $289.81 —
Curative Administrators COMM $342.97 —
BCBS Traditional $354.97 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $385.84 —
City of McKinney COMM $385.84 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $385.84 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $420.14 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $428.71 —
Aetna ASA $433.00 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $454.43 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $471.58 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $471.58 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $471.58 —
Aetna WCOMP $471.58 —
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $491.30 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $491.30 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $497.30 —
BCBS PPO $502.12 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $574.47 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $600.19 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $600.19 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $608.77 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $643.07 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $643.07 —
USC Health Services COMM $685.94 —
USA Managed Care COMM $685.94 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $728.81 —
Optum Transplant COMM $737.38 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $857.42 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $857.42 —
Unicare MCD $857.42 —

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Chest Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $956.71 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $567.07 $57.14 – $708.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $444.12 $91.41 – $666.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $444.12 $57.14 – $555.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $567.07 $57.14 – $708.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $444.12 $61.14 – $666.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $444.12 $57.14 – $666.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $444.12 $57.14 – $666.18

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