CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye 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.

$175.06 with United vs $7,516.58 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
United STAR $175.06
United CHIP $175.06
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.06
United STARPerinate $175.06
United STARPLUS $175.06
United STARKids $175.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81
Healthspring Life MCD $183.81
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57
Molina CHIP $192.57
Molina STARKIDS $192.57
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57
BCBS BluePremier $216.84
Humana MGMCD $218.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
United SmallGroup $341.20
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Superior Health Plan CHIP $526.16
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $526.16
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $526.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $526.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $526.16
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46
BCBS PPO $778.08
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Aetna COMM $856.00
Humana COMM $858.66
Aetna OON $1,006.00
Cigna IFP $1,014.74
Cigna QHP $1,052.32
United OptionsPPO $1,413.12
Unicare CHIP $1,653.65
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,540.60
BCBS Traditional $3,337.36
City of McKinney COMM $3,382.46
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,382.46
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,758.29
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,758.29
Aetna ASA $3,961.24
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,983.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,134.12
Aetna WCOMP $4,134.12
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,134.12
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,134.12
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,359.62
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,427.27
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,427.27
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,261.61
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,261.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,336.77
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $5,411.94
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,637.44
USC Health Services COMM $6,013.26
USA Managed Care COMM $6,013.26
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,389.09
Optum Transplant COMM $6,464.26
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,516.58
Unicare MCD $7,516.58
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,516.58
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,573.84 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,069.09 $167.39 – $2,586.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,887.84 $236.02 – $2,831.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,192.20 $167.39 – $2,740.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,069.09 $167.39 – $2,586.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,887.84 $167.39 – $2,831.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,887.84 $175.06 – $2,831.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,192.20 $167.39 – $3,288.30

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