Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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Cash price 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 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.
$173.75 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $8,720.44 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $173.75 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $173.75 | — |
| United | STAR | $173.75 | — |
| United | CHIP | $173.75 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $173.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $173.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $173.75 | — |
| United | STARKids | $173.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $173.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $173.75 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $182.44 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $182.44 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $187.65 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $187.65 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $191.13 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $191.13 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $191.13 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $191.13 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $217.19 | — |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $454.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $481.13 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $610.43 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $610.43 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $610.43 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $610.43 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $610.43 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $670.66 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,177.26 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,220.86 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,639.44 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,918.50 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,947.51 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,871.88 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,924.20 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,924.20 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,360.22 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $4,360.22 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,595.67 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $4,621.83 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,796.24 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,796.24 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,796.24 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,796.24 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,057.86 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $5,136.34 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $5,136.34 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,104.31 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,104.31 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,191.51 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $6,278.72 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,540.33 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,976.35 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,976.35 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,412.37 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $7,499.58 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,720.44 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,720.44 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,720.44 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,302.62 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,041.20 | $420.15 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,041.20 | $185.91 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,041.20 | $173.75 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $3,572.10 |