Lumbar diskogram s&i 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.
$111.60 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $7,341.62 with BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $111.60 | — |
| United | CHIP | $111.60 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $111.60 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $111.60 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $111.60 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $111.60 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $111.60 | — |
| United | STARKids | $111.60 | — |
| United | STAR | $111.60 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $111.60 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $117.18 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $117.18 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $120.53 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $120.53 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $122.04 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $122.76 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $122.76 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $122.76 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $122.76 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $139.50 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $167.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $179.24 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $179.24 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $191.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $191.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $191.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $191.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $191.83 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $210.22 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $216.30 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $288.36 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $288.63 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $322.24 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $322.24 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $322.24 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $369.96 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $383.66 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $407.57 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $515.21 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $602.90 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $671.41 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $707.04 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $926.28 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,096.18 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,216.76 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,233.21 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,233.21 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,370.23 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,370.23 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,444.22 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,452.44 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,507.25 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,507.25 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,507.25 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,507.25 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,589.47 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,614.13 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,614.13 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,918.32 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,918.32 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,918.32 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,945.73 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,973.13 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,046.03 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,055.34 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,174.18 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,174.18 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,192.37 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,192.37 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2,252.35 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,252.35 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,329.39 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,356.80 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,740.46 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,740.46 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,740.46 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,947.38 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $6,688.27 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $6,688.27 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $7,014.95 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,341.62 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,350.69 | $1,101.35 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $7,022.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,350.69 | $119.41 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,350.69 | $111.60 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $8,427.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |