Pregnancy Ultrasound (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

$2,248.56

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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.

$2,248.56

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.

$87.49 with BCBS vs $2,248.56 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 $87.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $96.31 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $96.31 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -95%
Healthspring Life MCD $109.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $119.78 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $157.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $157.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $157.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $157.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $157.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $164.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $175.93 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $175.93 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $206.34 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $285.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $285.99 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalPlus $287.02 ↓ -87%
Cigna NewBusiness $287.30 ↓ -87%
Humana COMM $298.89 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $299.96 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $303.56 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $313.93 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $314.80 ↓ -86%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $320.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $320.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $320.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $405.68 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $422.73 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $494.68 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $550.90 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $580.13 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $760.01 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $899.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $998.36 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,011.85 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,011.85 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,124.28 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,124.28 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,184.99 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,191.74 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,236.71 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,236.71 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,236.71 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,236.71 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,304.16 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,324.40 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,324.40 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,573.99 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,573.99 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,573.99 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,596.48 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,618.96 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,686.42 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,798.85 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,798.85 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,911.28 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,933.76 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,248.56 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,248.56 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,248.56 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,375.01 $283.05 – $283.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $614.24 $126.43 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $580.03 $99.77 – $725.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $614.24 $99.77 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $614.24 $104.75 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $580.03 $99.77 – $870.04

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