MRI without fol w/cont, breast 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

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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.

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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.

$454.40 with BCBS vs $7,235.79 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
BCBS BluePremier $454.40
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $506.51
Superior Health Plan CHIP $506.51
Superior Health Plan STARKids $506.51
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $506.51
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $506.51
United SmallGroup $616.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Cigna IFP $976.83
Cigna QHP $1,013.01
Aetna QHPHIX $1,179.43
United OptionsPPO $1,360.33
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
Unicare CHIP $1,591.87
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Aetna NewBusiness $1,722.12
Aetna Meritain $1,852.36
Aetna COMM $1,852.36
Aetna OON $2,170.74
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,445.70
BCBS Traditional $3,212.69
City of McKinney COMM $3,256.11
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,256.11
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,617.89
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,617.89
Aetna ASA $3,813.26
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,834.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,979.68
Aetna WCOMP $3,979.68
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,979.68
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,979.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,196.76
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,261.88
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,261.88
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,065.05
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,065.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,137.41
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $5,209.77
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,426.84
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $5,788.63
USA Managed Care COMM $5,788.63
USC Health Services COMM $5,788.63
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,150.42
Optum Transplant COMM $6,222.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,235.79
Unicare MCD $7,235.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,235.79

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,221.52 $952.69 – $3,332.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,049.50 $332.94 – $3,074.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,056.69 $332.94 – $2,570.86

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