MRI breast c- unilateral 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.
$277.32 with BCBS vs $6,124.42 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 |
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| BCBS | BluePremier | $277.32 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $293.63 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $293.63 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $311.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $311.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $428.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $428.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $428.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $428.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $428.71 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $826.80 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $857.42 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $906.53 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $906.53 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $950.80 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $995.08 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,151.39 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,347.37 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,070.05 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,719.24 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,755.99 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,755.99 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,062.21 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,062.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,227.57 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $3,245.94 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,368.43 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,368.43 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,368.43 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,368.43 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,552.16 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $3,607.28 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $3,607.28 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,287.09 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,287.09 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,348.34 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $4,409.58 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $4,593.31 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4,899.54 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4,899.54 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,205.76 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $5,267.00 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,124.42 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,124.42 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,124.42 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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MRI breast c- unilateral at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,780.67 | $227.71 – $2,225.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $326.21 | $67.14 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,645.45 | $227.71 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,780.67 | $227.71 – $2,225.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $326.21 | $104.71 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $326.21 | $168.54 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,645.45 | $227.71 – $2,468.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,780.67 | $227.71 – $2,225.84 |