Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (without contrast) 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.
$104.75 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $8,604.21 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $104.75 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $104.75 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $104.75 | — |
| United | STARKids | $104.75 | — |
| United | STAR | $104.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $104.75 | — |
| United | CHIP | $104.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $104.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $104.75 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $109.99 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $109.99 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $113.13 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $113.13 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $115.23 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $115.23 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $115.23 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $115.23 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $130.94 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $141.22 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $141.22 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $602.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $602.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $602.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $602.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $602.29 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $801.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,013.00 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,161.57 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,204.59 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,574.57 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,892.93 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,908.22 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,562.14 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,871.89 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,871.89 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,871.89 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $4,216.06 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,302.10 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,345.13 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $4,560.23 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,732.32 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,732.32 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,732.32 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,732.32 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,930.21 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,930.21 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,990.44 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $5,764.82 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,022.95 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,022.95 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,108.99 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,453.16 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $6,453.16 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,883.37 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,883.37 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $7,313.58 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $7,399.62 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,604.21 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,604.21 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,604.21 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,708.09 | $522.29 – $522.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,890.44 | $99.77 – $2,363.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,768.19 | $141.23 – $2,652.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,980.37 | $99.77 – $2,475.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,890.44 | $99.77 – $2,363.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,768.19 | $99.77 – $2,652.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,768.19 | $104.75 – $2,652.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,980.37 | $99.77 – $2,970.56 |