Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$802.71

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.

$802.71

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.

$56.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $802.71 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $56.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $56.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $108.37 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $112.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $130.84 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $150.91 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $166.96 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $176.60 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $188.07 ↓ -77%
Aetna NewBusiness $191.04 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $196.66 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $205.49 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $205.49 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $207.10 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $211.92 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $211.92 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $236.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $236.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $236.80 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $240.81 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $271.32 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $299.41 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $321.08 ↓ -60%
BCBS BluePremier $326.51 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $356.40 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $361.22 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $361.22 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $380.46 ↓ -53%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $380.46 ↓ -53%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $401.36 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $401.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $423.03 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $425.44 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $441.49 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $441.49 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $441.49 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $441.49 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $465.57 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $472.80 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $472.80 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $561.90 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $561.90 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $561.90 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $569.92 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $577.95 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $602.03 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $642.17 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $642.17 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $642.17 ↓ -20%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $673.76 ↓ -16%
BCBS BlueEssentials $673.76 ↓ -16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $682.30 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $690.33 ↓ -14%
BCBS EPOSOA $706.97 ↓ -12%
BCBS PPO $740.17 ↓ -8%
Unicare MCD $802.71 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $802.71 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $802.71 ↑ +0%

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