Rib and Chest X-ray (3 views, left side) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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Cash price 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 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.
$42.44 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,074.58 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $42.44 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $42.44 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $42.44 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $42.44 | — |
| United | STARKids | $42.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $42.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $42.44 | — |
| United | STAR | $42.44 | — |
| United | CHIP | $42.44 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $42.44 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $44.56 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $44.56 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $45.84 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $45.84 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $46.68 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $46.68 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $46.68 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $46.68 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $53.05 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $67.83 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $72.46 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $72.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $75.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $75.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $75.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $75.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $75.22 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $85.75 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $119.22 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $119.33 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $133.23 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $133.23 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $133.23 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $145.07 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $150.44 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $153.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $153.55 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $168.51 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $196.65 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $236.41 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $263.27 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $277.24 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $363.21 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $429.83 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $444.88 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $479.70 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $483.56 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $483.56 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $483.56 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $502.12 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $526.54 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $537.29 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $542.66 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $569.53 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $591.02 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $591.02 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $591.02 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $591.02 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $615.73 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $615.73 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $623.26 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $719.97 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $752.21 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $752.21 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $762.95 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $805.93 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $805.93 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $859.66 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $859.66 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $913.39 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $924.14 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,074.58 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,074.58 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,074.58 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Rib and Chest X-ray (3 views, left side) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $788.15 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $394.69 | $42.44 – $493.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $394.69 | $81.24 – $592.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $370.58 | $42.44 – $463.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $394.69 | $42.44 – $493.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $394.69 | $45.41 – $592.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $394.69 | $42.44 – $592.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $370.58 | $42.44 – $555.88 |