Echo transesophageal at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$10,341.71
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.
$10,341.71
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.
$350.41 with BCBS vs $10,341.71 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 | $350.41 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $408.32 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $408.32 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $723.10 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $723.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $723.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $723.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $723.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $723.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $723.92 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $758.73 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $794.37 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,009.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,396.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,447.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,685.70 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,944.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,964.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,151.08 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,275.18 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $2,461.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,533.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMM | $2,647.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $2,647.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,668.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,730.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,730.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $3,050.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,050.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,050.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OON | $3,102.51 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,495.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,857.46 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,136.68 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,591.72 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,653.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,653.77 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $5,170.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $5,170.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,450.08 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $5,481.11 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,687.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,687.94 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,687.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,687.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,998.19 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $6,091.27 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $6,091.27 | ↓ -41% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $7,239.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $7,239.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $7,239.20 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,342.61 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $7,446.03 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $7,756.28 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $8,273.37 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $8,273.37 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $8,273.37 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $8,790.45 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $8,893.87 | ↓ -14% |
| Unicare | MCD | $10,341.71 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $10,341.71 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10,341.71 | ↑ +0% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $1,758.65 | $347.44 – $1,373.83 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,471.40 | $100.00 – $4,204.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,471.40 | $100.00 – $4,204.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,471.40 | $100.00 – $4,204.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $1,471.40 | $100.00 – $4,204.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $294.84 | $126.36 – $421.20 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,471.40 | $100.00 – $4,204.00 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $1,921.65 | $180.70 – $180.70 |