Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$4,381.35

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.

$4,381.35

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.

$136.66 with United vs $4,381.35 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
United STAR $136.66 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $136.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $136.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $136.66 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $136.66 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $136.66 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $136.66 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $136.66 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $136.66 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $136.66 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $143.49 ↓ -97%
Healthspring Life MCD $143.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $147.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $147.59 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $150.33 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $150.33 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $150.33 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $150.33 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $170.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $228.80 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $266.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $266.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $306.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $306.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $306.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $306.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $306.69 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $472.15 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $472.15 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $495.41 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $518.68 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $591.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $613.39 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $666.37 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $714.16 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $823.69 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $911.32 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $963.90 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,042.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,073.43 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $1,121.63 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $1,121.63 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,130.39 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,156.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,156.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,292.50 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $1,292.50 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,292.50 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,314.40 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,480.90 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $1,634.24 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,752.54 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,945.32 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,971.61 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,971.61 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,190.68 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,190.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,308.97 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,322.12 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,409.74 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,409.74 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,409.74 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,409.74 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,541.18 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,580.62 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,580.62 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,066.95 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,066.95 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,066.95 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,110.76 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $3,154.57 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,286.01 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $3,505.08 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $3,505.08 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,505.08 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,724.15 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,767.96 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,381.35 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $4,381.35 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,381.35 ↑ +0%

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