Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

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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.

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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.

$52.72 with BCBS vs $3,420.36 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 $52.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $61.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $61.44
BCBS BlueEssentials $108.80
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $108.80
BCBS EPOSOA $114.16
BCBS PPO $119.52
Humana COMM $154.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $239.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $239.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $239.43
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $239.43
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $239.43
Cigna IFP $461.75
Cigna QHP $478.85
Aetna QHPHIX $557.52
United OptionsPPO $643.03
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $649.87
Oscar HIX $711.43
Unicare CHIP $752.48
Aetna NewBusiness $814.05
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $837.99
Aetna Meritain $875.61
Aetna COMM $875.61
Evry Health COMM $882.45
Cigna NewBusiness $902.98
Cigna LocalPlus $902.98
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,009.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,009.01
Cigna HMO $1,009.01
Aetna OON $1,026.11
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,156.08
Cigna AllOther $1,275.79
Curative Administrators COMM $1,368.14
BCBS Traditional $1,518.64
City of McKinney COMM $1,539.16
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,539.16
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,710.18
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,710.18
Aetna ASA $1,802.53
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,812.79
Aetna WCOMP $1,881.20
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,881.20
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,881.20
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,881.20
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,983.81
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,014.59
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,014.59
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,394.25
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,394.25
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,394.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,428.46
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,462.66
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,565.27
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $2,736.29
USA Managed Care COMM $2,736.29
USC Health Services COMM $2,736.29
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,907.31
Optum Transplant COMM $2,941.51
Unicare MCD $3,420.36
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,420.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,420.36

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.45 $67.47 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $702.59 $52.28 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $640.45 $82.43 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $640.45 $330.90 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $745.70 $67.47 – $1,118.56

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