Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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.

$165.01 with BCBS vs $1,324.58 with Humana — 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 $165.01
Humana Tricare $187.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $192.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $192.28
BCBS MCRPPO $193.42
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $193.42
BCBS MGMCRHMO $193.42
WellMed MGMCR $196.71
Devoted Health PPO $197.70
Devoted Health SNP $197.70
Devoted Health HMO $197.70
Devoted Health POS $197.70
Devoted Health MCR $197.70
Devoted Health MME $197.70
Humana MGMCR $197.70
TriWest FEDERAL $197.70
Amerigroup DualEligible $197.70
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $197.70
United MGMCR $198.69
Aetna MCR $199.38
Care N Care MGMCR $199.68
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $201.65
Integranet MGMCR $203.63
WellCare MGMCR $203.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $207.59
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $207.59
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $207.59
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $207.59
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $207.59
ProCare Advantge MCR $207.59
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $207.59
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $207.59
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $209.56
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $209.56
Molina MCR $215.49
Molina MMP $215.49
Molina MME $215.49
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $217.47
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $237.24
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $257.01
Bravo Health MCRSNP $296.55
Bravo Health MCRHMO $296.55
Bravo Health MCRPPO $296.55
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $296.55
Bravo Health MCRPOS $296.55
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $340.51
BCBS BlueEssentials $340.51
Superior ValueHMO $353.88
BCBS EPOSOA $357.29
BCBS PPO $374.07
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $375.63
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $391.45
Superior EPO $442.85
Superior HMO $442.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $517.97
Humana COMM $1,324.58

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $504.10 $100.82 – $630.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $576.16 $155.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $504.10 $112.00 – $756.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23

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