MRA without cont, abd 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

$3,350.89

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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$3,350.89

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.

$234.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,350.89 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 STARKids $234.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $234.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $234.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $234.56 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $234.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $277.32 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $305.28 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $305.28 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $313.62 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $452.37 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $469.12 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $546.20 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $629.97 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $737.20 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $797.51 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $857.83 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $857.83 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $995.08 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,005.27 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,132.60 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,487.80 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,507.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,507.90 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,675.44 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,675.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,765.92 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,775.97 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,842.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,842.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,842.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,842.99 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,943.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,973.67 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,973.67 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,345.62 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,345.62 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,379.13 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,412.64 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,513.17 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $2,680.71 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,680.71 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,680.71 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,848.26 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,881.77 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,350.89 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,350.89 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,350.89 ↑ +0%

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MRA without cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,050.65 $328.59 – $4,394.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,128.05 $279.65 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $618.90 $400.00 – $3,713.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $10,285.86 $410.15 – $437.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,274.45 $360.05 – $360.05

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