Doppler echo complete 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

$2,563.69

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.

$2,563.69

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.

$84.20 with BCBS vs $2,563.69 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
BCBS BluePremier $84.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $98.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $98.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $173.76 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $173.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $179.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $179.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $179.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $179.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $179.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $182.32 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $190.89 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $246.37 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $346.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $358.92 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $417.88 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $481.97 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $487.10 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $533.25 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $564.01 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $610.16 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $628.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $656.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $656.30 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $661.43 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $676.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $676.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $756.29 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $756.29 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $756.29 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $769.11 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $866.53 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $956.26 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,025.48 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,138.28 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,153.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,153.66 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,281.85 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,281.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,351.06 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,358.76 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,410.03 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,410.03 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,410.03 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,410.03 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,486.94 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,510.01 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,510.01 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,794.58 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,794.58 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,794.58 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,820.22 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,845.86 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,922.77 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $2,050.95 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,050.95 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,050.95 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,179.14 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,204.77 ↓ -14%
Unicare MCD $2,563.69 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,563.69 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,563.69 ↑ +0%

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