Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) 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.
$61.48 with United vs $2,273.78 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $61.48 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $61.48 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $61.48 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $61.48 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $61.48 | — |
| United | STARKids | $61.48 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $61.48 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $61.48 | — |
| United | STAR | $61.48 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $61.48 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $64.55 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $64.55 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $66.40 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $66.40 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $67.63 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $67.63 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $67.63 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $67.63 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $76.85 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $109.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $117.16 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $117.16 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $138.66 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $153.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $153.55 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $159.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $159.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $159.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $159.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $159.16 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $190.36 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $190.54 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $212.73 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $212.73 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $212.73 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $269.06 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $306.96 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $318.33 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $416.10 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $479.70 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $500.23 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $502.12 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $557.08 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $586.64 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $768.54 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $909.51 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $941.34 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,023.20 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,023.20 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,023.20 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,114.15 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,136.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,148.26 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,205.10 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,250.58 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,250.58 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,250.58 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,250.58 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,302.88 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,302.88 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,318.79 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,523.43 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,591.65 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,591.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,614.38 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,705.34 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,705.34 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,819.02 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,819.02 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,932.71 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,955.45 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,273.78 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,273.78 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,273.78 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,049.33 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $535.91 | $61.48 – $669.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $601.98 | $123.91 – $902.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $626.63 | $61.48 – $783.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $535.91 | $61.48 – $669.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $601.98 | $65.78 – $902.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $601.98 | $61.48 – $902.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $626.63 | $61.48 – $939.95 |