Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$7,221.40

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.

$7,221.40

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.

$282.01 with United vs $7,221.40 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 STAR $282.01 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $282.01 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $282.01 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $282.01 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $282.01 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $282.01 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $282.01 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $282.01 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $282.01 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $282.01 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $296.11 ↓ -96%
Healthspring Life MCD $296.11 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $304.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $304.57 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $310.21 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $310.21 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $310.21 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $310.21 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $327.23 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $352.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $360.22 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $360.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $418.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $505.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $505.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $505.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $505.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $505.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $573.43 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -92%
Aetna Meritain $614.27 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $614.27 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $720.46 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $974.89 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,011.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,069.67 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,069.67 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -85%
Humana COMM $1,105.83 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,121.92 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $1,174.16 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,357.62 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $1,588.71 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,769.24 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $1,863.12 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,440.83 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,888.56 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,206.30 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $3,249.63 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,249.63 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,610.70 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,610.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,805.68 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,827.34 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,971.77 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,971.77 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,971.77 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,971.77 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,188.41 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,253.40 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,253.40 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,054.98 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,054.98 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,054.98 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,127.19 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $5,199.41 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,416.05 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,777.12 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,777.12 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,138.19 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $6,210.40 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,221.40 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,221.40 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $7,221.40 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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