Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with and without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$175.06 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $6,571.48 with Unicare — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.06 —
United STARPLUS $175.06 —
United STARPerinate $175.06 —
United STARKids $175.06 —
United STAR $175.06 —
United CHIP $175.06 —
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.06 —
Healthspring Life MCD $183.81 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06 —
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57 —
Molina STARKIDS $192.57 —
Molina CHIP $192.57 —
Humana MGMCD $218.82 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60 —
United SmallGroup $341.20 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 —
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $460.00 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $460.00 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $460.00 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $460.00 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $460.00 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 —
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 —
BCBS PPO $778.08 —
Aetna NewBusiness $801.00 —
Aetna Meritain $856.00 —
Aetna COMM $856.00 —
Cigna IFP $887.15 —
Cigna QHP $920.01 —
Aetna OON $1,013.00 —
United OptionsPPO $1,202.58 —
Unicare CHIP $1,445.73 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,221.16 —
BCBS Traditional $2,720.59 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,957.17 —
City of McKinney COMM $2,957.17 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,957.17 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,220.03 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,285.74 —
Aetna ASA $3,318.60 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,482.88 —
Aetna WCOMP $3,614.31 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,614.31 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,614.31 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,614.31 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,765.46 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,765.46 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,811.46 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $4,402.89 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,600.04 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,600.04 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,665.75 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,928.61 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,928.61 —
USC Health Services COMM $5,257.18 —
USA Managed Care COMM $5,257.18 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,585.76 —
Optum Transplant COMM $5,651.47 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,571.48 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,571.48 —
Unicare MCD $6,571.48 —

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Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,088.20 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,563.46 $167.39 – $1,954.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,563.46 $236.02 – $2,345.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,785.08 $167.39 – $2,231.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,563.46 $167.39 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,563.46 $167.39 – $2,345.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,563.46 $175.06 – $2,345.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,785.08 $167.39 – $2,677.62

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