Vngrph chd anom/persist svc 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

$22,230.07

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.

$22,230.07

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.

$80.31 with BCBS vs $22,230.07 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $80.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $80.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $239.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $239.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $250.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $262.62 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,556.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,556.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,556.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,556.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,556.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $3,001.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $3,112.21 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $4,068.10 ↓ -82%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4,223.71 ↓ -81%
Superior EPO $4,446.01 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $4,446.01 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $4,446.01 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $4,623.85 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $4,693.00 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $4,890.62 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMM $5,014.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Meritain $5,014.00 ↓ -77%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5,557.52 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $5,735.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $5,932.00 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7,513.76 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $8,892.03 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $9,203.25 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $10,003.53 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10,003.53 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $10,003.53 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $10,892.73 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $11,115.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $11,226.19 ↓ -49%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $11,781.94 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $12,226.54 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $12,226.54 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $12,226.54 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $12,226.54 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $12,737.83 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $12,737.83 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12,893.44 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $14,894.15 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $15,561.05 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $15,561.05 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,783.35 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $16,672.55 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $16,672.55 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $17,784.06 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $17,784.06 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $17,784.06 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $18,895.56 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $19,117.86 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22,230.07 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $22,230.07 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $22,230.07 ↑ +0%

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Vngrph chd anom/persist svc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,492.75 $100.00 – $4,265.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,492.75 $100.00 – $4,265.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,492.75 $100.00 – $4,265.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,492.75 $100.00 – $4,265.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,492.75 $100.00 – $4,265.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $225.69 – $225.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney not published not published
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $103.17 – $103.17

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