Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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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$104.75 with United vs $460.68 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 CHIP $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
United STAR $104.75
Healthspring Life MCD $109.99
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $119.48
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $119.48
Humana MGMCD $130.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $187.93
Aetna COMM $200.75
Aetna Meritain $200.75
Aetna OON $237.59
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna LocalPlus $325.93
Cigna NewBusiness $326.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $355.82
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $355.82
Cigna HMO $364.23
Cigna NetworkBenefit $364.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $364.23
BCBS EPOSOA $373.26
BCBS PPO $390.70
Cigna AllOther $460.68

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $950.10 $335.76 – $335.76
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $430.21 $99.77 – $537.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $430.21 $88.55 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $419.75 $99.77 – $524.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $430.21 $99.77 – $537.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $430.21 $99.77 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $430.21 $104.75 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $419.75 $99.77 – $629.63

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