Thyroid uptake measurement at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$841.43
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.
$841.43
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.
$58.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $848.52 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $58.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $58.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $58.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $58.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $58.90 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| United | CHIP | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| United | STAR | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| United | STARKids | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| United | STARPLUS | $81.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $85.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $85.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $87.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $87.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $88.77 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $89.32 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | CHIP | $89.32 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $89.32 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $89.32 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $97.73 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $97.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $101.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $113.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $117.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $118.99 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $158.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $163.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $174.76 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $174.76 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $185.11 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | OON | $204.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $206.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $217.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | COMM | $260.76 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $284.40 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $290.19 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $290.19 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $304.37 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | PPO | $318.54 | ↓ -62% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $336.57 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $373.59 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $378.64 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $378.64 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $420.71 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $420.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $443.43 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $445.96 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $462.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $462.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $462.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $462.79 | ↓ -45% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | ↓ -44% |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $488.03 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $495.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $495.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $589.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $589.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $589.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $597.42 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $605.83 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $631.07 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $673.14 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $673.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $715.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $723.63 | ↓ -14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $841.43 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $841.43 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $841.43 | ↑ +0% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↑ +1% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $526.55 | $108.38 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $526.55 | $86.88 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $526.55 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |