Intracranial limited study 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

$2,371.41

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,371.41

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.

$106.88 with United vs $2,371.41 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
United STARPerinate $106.88 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $106.88 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $106.88 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $106.88 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $106.88 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $106.88 ↓ -95%
United STAR $106.88 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $106.88 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $106.88 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $112.22 ↓ -95%
Healthspring Life MCD $112.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $115.43 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $115.43 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $117.57 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $117.57 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $117.57 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $117.57 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $133.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $166.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $166.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $166.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $166.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $166.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $265.36 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $309.21 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $309.21 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $320.14 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $332.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $386.54 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $445.83 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $493.25 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $521.71 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalPlus $540.47 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $540.99 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $547.58 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueEssentials $547.58 ↓ -77%
Aetna NewBusiness $564.40 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $574.57 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $581.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $601.55 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $603.98 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $603.98 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO $603.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $607.08 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $607.08 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $611.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $711.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $763.92 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $801.54 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $888.56 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $948.56 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,052.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,067.13 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,067.13 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,185.70 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,185.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,249.73 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,256.85 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,304.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,304.28 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,304.28 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,304.28 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,375.42 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,396.76 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,396.76 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,659.99 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,659.99 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,659.99 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,683.70 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,707.42 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,778.56 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,897.13 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,897.13 ↓ -20%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $1,897.13 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,015.70 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,039.41 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,371.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,371.41 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,371.41 ↑ +0%

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