Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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.

$104.75 with United vs $2,161.91 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
United CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
United STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
BCBS BluePremier $108.93
Healthspring Life MCD $109.99
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $119.92
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $119.92
Humana MGMCD $130.94
Aetna QHPHIX $149.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.33
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $151.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $151.33
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $151.33
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $204.39
Aetna Meritain $218.94
Aetna COMM $218.94
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna OON $256.79
Cigna IFP $291.86
Cigna QHP $302.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $356.09
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $356.09
Cigna LocalPlus $357.91
Cigna NewBusiness $358.25
Humana COMM $372.96
BCBS EPOSOA $373.48
BCBS PPO $390.88
Cigna HMO $399.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $399.97
Cigna NetworkBenefit $399.97
United OptionsPPO $406.44
Unicare CHIP $475.62
Cigna AllOther $505.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $529.67
Evry Health COMM $557.77
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $730.73
Curative Administrators COMM $864.76
BCBS Traditional $959.89
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $972.86
City of McKinney COMM $972.86
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,080.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,080.95
Aetna ASA $1,139.33
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,145.81
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,189.05
Aetna WCOMP $1,189.05
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,189.05
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,189.05
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,253.91
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,273.36
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,273.36
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,513.34
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,513.34
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,513.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,534.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,556.58
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,621.43
USA Managed Care COMM $1,729.53
USC Health Services COMM $1,729.53
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,837.62
Optum Transplant COMM $1,859.24
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,161.91
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,161.91
Unicare MCD $2,161.91
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,488.91 $352.43 – $352.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.36 $134.28 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $607.12 $99.77 – $758.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.36 $99.77 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.36 $104.75 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $607.12 $99.77 – $910.68

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