Ultrasound chest 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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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.

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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.

$57.14 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $857.42 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $57.14
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $57.14
United STARPerinate $57.14
Amerigroup CHIP $57.14
United STARPLUS $57.14
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $57.14
United STARKids $57.14
United STAR $57.14
Amerigroup MGMCD $57.14
United CHIP $57.14
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $60.00
Healthspring Life MCD $60.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.02
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $60.02
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $60.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $61.71
Aetna Better Health CHIP $61.71
Molina STARKIDS $62.85
Molina STAR+PLUS $62.85
Molina CHIP $62.85
Molina MCDSTAR $62.85
Aetna NewBusiness $70.93
Humana MGMCD $71.42
Aetna Meritain $75.76
Aetna COMM $75.76
Aetna OON $89.67
Cigna IFP $115.75
Cigna LocalPlus $117.84
Cigna NewBusiness $117.96
Cigna QHP $120.04
Cigna NetworkBenefit $131.69
Cigna HMO $131.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $131.69
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
United OptionsPPO $156.91
Cigna AllOther $166.56
Unicare CHIP $188.63
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $210.07
Evry Health COMM $221.21
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $289.81
Curative Administrators COMM $342.97
BCBS Traditional $354.97
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $385.84
City of McKinney COMM $385.84
United GlobalBenefitPlan $385.84
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $420.14
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $428.71
Aetna ASA $433.00
Cigna Lifesource COMM $454.43
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $471.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $471.58
Aetna WCOMP $471.58
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $471.58
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $491.30
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $491.30
Averde Health, Inc PPO $497.30
BCBS PPO $502.12
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $574.47
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $600.19
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $600.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $608.77
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $643.07
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $643.07
USA Managed Care COMM $685.94
USC Health Services COMM $685.94
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $728.81
Optum Transplant COMM $737.38
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $857.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $857.42
Unicare MCD $857.42

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Ultrasound chest at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $956.71 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $567.07 $57.14 – $708.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $444.12 $91.41 – $666.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $444.12 $57.14 – $555.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $567.07 $57.14 – $708.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $444.12 $61.14 – $666.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $444.12 $57.14 – $666.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $444.12 $57.14 – $666.18

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