Tl-201 thallium diag per mci 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

$351.49

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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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$351.49

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.

$24.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $944.20 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $24.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $47.45 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $49.21 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $66.08 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $66.78 ↓ -81%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $73.11 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $77.33 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $78.80 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.80 ↓ -78%
United SmallGroup $78.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna QHPHIX $80.26 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $86.12 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $90.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $105.45 ↓ -70%
Aetna NewBusiness $110.04 ↓ -69%
Aetna Meritain $117.88 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMM $117.88 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $118.80 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $140.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $156.06 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $158.17 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $158.17 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $175.75 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $175.75 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $186.29 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $193.32 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $193.32 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $193.32 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $193.32 ↓ -45%
Cigna LocalPlus $201.56 ↓ -43%
Cigna NewBusiness $201.76 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $203.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $207.03 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $207.03 ↓ -41%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $225.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna HMO $225.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $225.18 ↓ -36%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $246.04 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $246.04 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $246.04 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $249.56 ↓ -29%
Humana COMM $250.24 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $253.07 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $263.62 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $281.19 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $281.19 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $281.19 ↓ -20%
Cigna AllOther $284.87 ↓ -19%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $298.77 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $302.28 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $351.49 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $351.49 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $351.49 ↑ +0%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $523.71 ↑ +49%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $523.71 ↑ +49%
BCBS BlueEssentials $766.59 ↑ +118%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $766.59 ↑ +118%
BCBS EPOSOA $804.54 ↑ +129%
BCBS PPO $842.49 ↑ +140%
BCBS BluePremier $944.20 ↑ +169%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $27.09 $20.13 – $538.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.35 $21.87 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $33.78 $24.59 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $171.90 $38.72 – $954.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $33.78 $38.60 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00

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