Vein x-ray skull epidural at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$1,905.42
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.
$1,905.42
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.
$128.64 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $2,824.68 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPLUS | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARKids | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STAR | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CHIP | $128.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $133.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $133.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $133.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $133.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $133.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $135.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $135.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $138.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $138.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $141.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $141.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | CHIP | $141.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $141.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $160.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $173.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $185.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMM | $185.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OON | $218.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $257.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $266.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $302.87 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $303.16 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $338.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | HMO | $338.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $338.46 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $348.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $419.19 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $428.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $466.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $491.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $644.03 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $762.17 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $788.84 | ↓ -59% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $826.97 | ↓ -57% |
| United | SmallGroup | $826.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $857.44 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $857.44 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $857.44 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $863.80 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $863.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $933.66 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $952.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $962.24 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,009.87 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,047.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,047.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,047.98 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,047.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,091.81 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,091.81 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,105.14 | ↓ -42% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,218.65 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,276.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,333.79 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,333.79 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,352.85 | ↓ -29% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,429.07 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,429.07 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,524.34 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,524.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,619.61 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,638.66 | ↓ -14% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,905.42 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,905.42 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,905.42 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,572.48 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,572.48 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,698.58 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,824.68 | ↑ +48% |
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,980.52 | $407.66 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,079.54 | $128.64 – $2,599.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,980.52 | $137.64 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,980.52 | $128.64 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,079.54 | $128.64 – $3,119.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |