Foot X-ray 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.

$34.41 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $706.23 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.

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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 STAR $34.41
United CHIP $34.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.41
United STARPerinate $34.41
United STARPLUS $34.41
United STARKids $34.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.41
United STAR $34.41
Amerigroup CHIP $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.13
Healthspring Life MCD $36.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.16
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.85
Molina MCDSTAR $37.85
Molina STARKIDS $37.85
Molina CHIP $37.85
Humana MGMCD $43.01
Aetna QHPHIX $44.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $49.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.44
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.44
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $49.44
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.44
Aetna NewBusiness $60.69
Aetna COMM $65.01
Aetna Meritain $65.01
Aetna OON $76.25
Humana COMM $83.81
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna IFP $95.34
Cigna QHP $98.87
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $105.79
Cigna NewBusiness $105.89
Cigna NetworkBenefit $118.22
Cigna HMO $118.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $118.22
United OptionsPPO $132.77
Cigna AllOther $149.53
Unicare CHIP $155.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $173.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Evry Health COMM $182.21
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $238.71
Curative Administrators COMM $282.49
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS Traditional $313.57
City of McKinney COMM $317.80
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $317.80
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $353.12
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $353.12
Aetna ASA $372.18
Cigna Lifesource COMM $374.30
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $388.43
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $388.43
Aetna WCOMP $388.43
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $388.43
Averde Health, Inc PPO $409.61
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $415.97
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $415.97
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $494.36
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $494.36
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $494.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $501.42
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $508.49
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $529.67
USC Health Services COMM $564.98
USA Managed Care COMM $564.98
Galaxy Health Network PPO $600.30
Optum Transplant COMM $607.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $706.23
Unicare MCD $706.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $706.23
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.31 $34.41 – $456.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $383.94 $79.03 – $575.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $406.02 $34.41 – $507.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $365.31 $34.41 – $456.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $383.94 $36.82 – $575.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $383.94 $34.41 – $575.91
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