Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) 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

$2,404.08

Cash price

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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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$2,404.08

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.

$168.29 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,404.08 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $168.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $168.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $168.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $168.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $168.29 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $303.06 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup CHIP $303.06 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $303.06 ↓ -87%
United STAR $303.06 ↓ -87%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $303.06 ↓ -87%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $303.06 ↓ -87%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $303.06 ↓ -87%
United STARPLUS $303.06 ↓ -87%
United STARPerinate $303.06 ↓ -87%
United CHIP $303.06 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $318.21 ↓ -87%
Healthspring Life MCD $318.21 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $324.55 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $327.30 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $327.30 ↓ -86%
Molina CHIP $333.37 ↓ -86%
Molina STARKIDS $333.37 ↓ -86%
Molina STAR+PLUS $333.37 ↓ -86%
Molina MCDSTAR $333.37 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $336.57 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $378.82 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $418.69 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $418.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $439.95 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $528.90 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $589.00 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $620.25 ↓ -74%
Aetna NewBusiness $632.05 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $675.15 ↓ -72%
Aetna Meritain $675.15 ↓ -72%
Aetna OON $799.04 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $812.58 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $961.63 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $995.29 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,081.84 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,081.84 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,081.84 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,178.00 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,202.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,214.06 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,246.89 ↓ -48%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,246.89 ↓ -48%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,274.16 ↓ -47%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,308.01 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $1,322.24 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,322.24 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,322.24 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,322.24 ↓ -45%
BCBS PPO $1,369.13 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,377.54 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,377.54 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,394.37 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,610.73 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,682.86 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,682.86 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,706.90 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,803.06 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,803.06 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,923.26 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,923.26 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,043.47 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,067.51 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,404.08 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,404.08 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,404.08 ↑ +0%

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