Vein x-ray eye socket 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

$2,903.85

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.

$2,903.85

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.

$107.93 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $2,903.85 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $107.93 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $107.93 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $107.93 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $107.93 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $107.93 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $107.93 ↓ -96%
United STAR $107.93 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $107.93 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $107.93 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $107.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $113.33 ↓ -96%
Healthspring Life MCD $113.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $116.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $116.56 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $118.72 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $118.72 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $118.72 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $118.72 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $134.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $172.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $184.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $184.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $203.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $203.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $203.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $203.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $203.27 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $218.01 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $301.49 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $301.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $336.92 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $336.92 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $336.92 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $392.02 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $406.54 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $426.14 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $531.40 ↓ -82%
Unicare CHIP $638.85 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $711.44 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $749.19 ↓ -74%
United SmallGroup $826.97 ↓ -72%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $826.97 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $863.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $863.80 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $981.50 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,161.54 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,202.19 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,218.65 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,306.73 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,306.73 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,306.73 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,422.89 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,451.92 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,466.44 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,539.04 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,597.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,597.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,597.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,597.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,663.91 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,663.91 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,684.23 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,945.58 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,032.69 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,032.69 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,061.73 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,177.89 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,177.89 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,323.08 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,323.08 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,468.27 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,497.31 ↓ -14%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,572.48 ↓ -11%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,572.48 ↓ -11%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,698.58 ↓ -7%
BCBS PPO $2,824.68 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,903.85 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,903.85 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,903.85 ↑ +0%

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