CT bone density axial 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

$837.19

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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.

$837.19

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.

$58.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,006.00 with Aetna — 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 STARKids $58.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $58.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $58.60 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $74.20 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $78.56 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $78.56 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -90%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $86.58 ↓ -90%
United STAR $86.58 ↓ -90%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $86.58 ↓ -90%
United CHIP $86.58 ↓ -90%
United STARPerinate $86.58 ↓ -90%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $86.58 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58 ↓ -90%
United STARPLUS $86.58 ↓ -90%
United STARKids $86.58 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91 ↓ -89%
Healthspring Life MCD $90.91 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51 ↓ -89%
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24 ↓ -89%
Molina CHIP $95.24 ↓ -89%
Molina STARKIDS $95.24 ↓ -89%
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24 ↓ -89%
Humana MGMCD $108.22 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $113.02 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $117.21 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $157.39 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $184.18 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $242.54 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentials $242.54 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $254.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $266.23 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $282.97 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $371.71 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $376.74 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $376.74 ↓ -55%
Humana COMM $414.25 ↓ -51%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $418.60 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $418.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $441.20 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $443.71 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $460.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $460.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $460.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $460.45 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $485.57 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $493.10 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $493.10 ↓ -41%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $586.03 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $586.03 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $594.40 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $602.78 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $627.89 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $669.75 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $669.75 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $711.61 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $719.98 ↓ -14%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -4%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $837.19 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $837.19 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $837.19 ↑ +0%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↑ +20%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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