MRA without fol w/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

$3,712.96

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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$3,712.96

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.

$259.91 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,712.96 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.

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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 CHIP $259.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $259.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $259.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $259.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $259.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $454.40 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $501.25 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $519.81 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $605.21 ↓ -84%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $616.10 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $698.04 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $816.85 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $883.68 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $950.52 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $950.52 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $1,113.89 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,254.98 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↓ -58%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $1,648.55 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,670.83 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,670.83 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,856.48 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,856.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,956.73 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,967.87 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $2,042.13 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,042.13 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,042.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,042.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,153.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,186.93 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,186.93 ↓ -41%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,599.07 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,599.07 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,636.20 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,673.33 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,784.72 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $2,970.37 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,970.37 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,970.37 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,156.02 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,193.15 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,712.96 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,712.96 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,712.96 ↑ +0%

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MRA without fol w/cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $20,488.72 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,050.65 $538.41 – $4,394.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,818.95 $458.22 – $5,197.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,040.40 $400.00 – $6,120.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $18,152.95 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,818.95 $538.41 – $5,197.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,818.95 $538.41 – $5,197.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $11,670.11 $672.06 – $699.43

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