Ecg external < 48 hours recording at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$2,637.76
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.
$2,637.76
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.
$180.77 with Humana vs $2,637.76 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | COMM | $180.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $184.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $184.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $184.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $184.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $184.64 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $257.31 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $299.83 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $299.83 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $356.10 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $369.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $429.95 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $495.90 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $530.98 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $530.98 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $548.65 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $557.14 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $580.31 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | PPO | $583.31 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $627.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $646.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $675.27 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $675.27 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $680.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $696.37 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $696.37 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $778.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $778.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $778.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $791.33 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $891.56 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $983.88 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,055.10 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,171.17 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,186.99 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,186.99 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,318.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,318.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,390.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,398.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,450.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,450.77 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,450.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,450.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,529.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,553.64 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,553.64 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,846.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,846.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,846.43 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,872.81 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,899.19 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,978.32 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $2,110.21 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,110.21 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,110.21 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,242.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,268.47 | ↓ -14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,637.76 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,637.76 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,637.76 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $598.24 | $126.97 – $747.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $762.46 | $156.94 – $1,143.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $877.25 | $126.97 – $1,096.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $598.24 | $126.97 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $762.46 | $126.97 – $1,143.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $762.46 | $316.45 – $1,143.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $877.25 | $126.97 – $1,315.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $598.24 | $126.97 – $747.80 |