Hip 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.

$47.78 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $740.85 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 STAR $47.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $47.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.78
Amerigroup CHIP $47.78
United CHIP $47.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.78
United STAR $47.78
United STARKids $47.78
United STARPLUS $47.78
United STARPerinate $47.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $50.17
Healthspring Life MCD $50.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.60
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.60
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.86
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.86
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.86
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.86
Molina MCDSTAR $52.56
Molina CHIP $52.56
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.56
Molina STARKIDS $52.56
Humana MGMCD $59.73
Aetna QHPHIX $60.60
Aetna NewBusiness $83.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Aetna Meritain $89.00
Aetna COMM $89.00
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna IFP $100.01
Cigna QHP $103.72
Aetna OON $104.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Humana COMM $120.85
United OptionsPPO $139.28
Cigna LocalPlus $146.08
Cigna NewBusiness $146.22
Unicare CHIP $162.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $163.24
Cigna HMO $163.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $163.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $181.51
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Evry Health COMM $191.14
Cigna AllOther $206.47
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $250.41
Curative Administrators COMM $296.34
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS Traditional $328.94
City of McKinney COMM $333.38
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $333.38
BCBS PPO $340.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $370.43
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $370.43
Aetna ASA $390.43
Cigna Lifesource COMM $392.65
Aetna WCOMP $407.47
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $407.47
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $407.47
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $407.47
Averde Health, Inc PPO $429.69
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $436.36
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $436.36
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $518.60
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $518.60
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $518.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $526.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $533.41
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $555.64
USC Health Services COMM $592.68
USA Managed Care COMM $592.68
Galaxy Health Network PPO $629.72
Optum Transplant COMM $637.13
Independent Medical Systems COMM $740.85
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $740.85
Unicare MCD $740.85
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $656.42 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $301.92 $62.15 – $452.88
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