Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$5,309.55

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.

$5,309.55

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.

$275.66 with United vs $5,309.55 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
United STARPLUS $275.66 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $275.66 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $275.66 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $275.66 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $275.66 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $275.66 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $275.66 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $275.66 ↓ -95%
United STAR $275.66 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $275.66 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $289.44 ↓ -95%
Healthspring Life MCD $289.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $297.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $297.71 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $303.23 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $303.23 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $303.23 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $303.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $322.07 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $344.58 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $354.55 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $354.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $371.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $371.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $371.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $371.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $371.67 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $405.27 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $555.67 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $595.25 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $595.25 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $698.15 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $716.79 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $743.34 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $998.20 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,052.83 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,052.83 ↓ -80%
Humana COMM $1,094.66 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,104.25 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $1,155.68 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $1,168.10 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,300.84 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,369.86 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,794.63 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,123.82 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,357.44 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,389.30 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,389.30 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,654.78 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,654.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,798.13 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,814.06 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,920.25 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,920.25 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,920.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,920.25 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,079.54 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,127.32 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,127.32 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,716.68 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,716.68 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,716.68 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,769.78 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $3,822.88 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,982.16 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,247.64 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,247.64 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,513.12 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $4,566.21 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,309.55 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,309.55 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,309.55 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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