Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$12,652.51
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.
$12,652.51
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.
$885.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $12,652.51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $885.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $885.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $885.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $885.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $885.68 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,606.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,708.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,771.35 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,872.26 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,872.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,062.36 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,378.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,631.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,783.55 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,011.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3,099.86 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,239.04 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,239.04 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $3,264.35 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $3,315.59 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $3,315.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $3,340.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $3,340.26 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,478.99 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,642.39 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,732.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,732.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $3,732.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OON | $3,795.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | COMM | $3,921.01 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $4,276.55 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $4,719.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,061.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,617.71 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $5,693.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $5,693.63 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $6,326.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $6,326.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $6,667.87 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $6,705.83 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $6,958.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $6,958.88 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $6,958.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $6,958.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $7,338.46 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $7,452.33 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $7,452.33 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $8,856.76 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $8,856.76 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $8,856.76 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,983.28 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $9,109.81 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $9,489.38 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $10,122.01 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $10,122.01 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $10,122.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $10,754.63 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $10,881.16 | ↓ -14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $12,652.51 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $12,652.51 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $12,652.51 | ↑ +0% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $12,383.32 | $1,593.12 – $1,593.12 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $4,974.84 | $1,593.12 – $1,593.12 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $2,850.54 | $2,321.60 – $2,321.60 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $18,772.48 | $1,593.12 – $1,593.12 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,150.00 | $100.00 – $9,000.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $1,356.90 | $100.00 – $8,141.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $3,150.00 | $100.00 – $9,000.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $3,150.00 | $100.00 – $9,000.00 |