Dx intraop thoracic aorta Ultrasound at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$2,518.56
Cash price 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.
$2,518.56
Gross charge 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.
$37.10 with BCBS vs $2,518.56 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $37.10 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $40.85 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $40.85 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $121.29 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $121.29 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $127.21 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $133.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $176.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $176.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $176.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $176.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $176.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $340.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $352.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $410.53 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $473.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $478.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $554.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $599.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $617.05 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $644.75 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $644.75 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $649.79 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $755.57 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | COMM | $780.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $851.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,007.42 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,118.24 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,133.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,133.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,259.28 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,259.28 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,327.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,334.84 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,385.21 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,385.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,385.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,385.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,460.76 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,483.43 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,483.43 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,762.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,762.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,762.99 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,788.18 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,813.36 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,888.92 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,014.85 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,014.85 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,140.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,165.96 | ↓ -14% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,518.56 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,518.56 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,518.56 | ↑ +0% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $558.11 | $158.13 – $790.65 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $558.11 | $111.62 – $697.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $558.11 | $148.83 – $790.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $624.88 | $200.59 – $937.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $624.88 | $322.85 – $937.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $558.11 | $186.04 – $837.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $558.11 | $148.83 – $790.65 |