Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey 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.

$99.90 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $3,013.24 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 STAR $99.90 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $99.90 —
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $99.90 —
United STARPLUS $99.90 —
United STARPerinate $99.90 —
United STARKids $99.90 —
Amerigroup CHIP $99.90 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.90 —
United STAR $99.90 —
United CHIP $99.90 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $104.90 —
Healthspring Life MCD $104.90 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $107.89 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $107.89 —
Molina CHIP $109.89 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $109.89 —
Molina STARKIDS $109.89 —
Molina MCDSTAR $109.89 —
Humana MGMCD $124.88 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
Aetna NewBusiness $169.35 —
Aetna Meritain $180.89 —
Aetna COMM $180.89 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $210.93 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $210.93 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $210.93 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $210.93 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $210.93 —
Aetna OON $214.09 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Cigna LocalPlus $296.15 —
Cigna NewBusiness $296.44 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $330.95 —
Cigna HMO $330.95 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $330.95 —
Cigna IFP $406.79 —
Cigna AllOther $418.59 —
Cigna QHP $421.85 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 —
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 —
BCBS PPO $502.12 —
United OptionsPPO $551.42 —
Unicare CHIP $662.91 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $738.24 —
Evry Health COMM $777.42 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,018.48 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,205.30 —
BCBS Traditional $1,247.48 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,355.96 —
City of McKinney COMM $1,355.96 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,355.96 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,476.49 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,506.62 —
Aetna ASA $1,521.69 —
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,597.02 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,657.28 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,657.28 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,657.28 —
Aetna WCOMP $1,657.28 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,726.59 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,726.59 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,747.68 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,018.87 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,109.27 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,109.27 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,139.40 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,259.93 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,259.93 —
USC Health Services COMM $2,410.59 —
USA Managed Care COMM $2,410.59 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,561.25 —
Optum Transplant COMM $2,591.39 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,013.24 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,013.24 —
Unicare MCD $3,013.24 —

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Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,533.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $826.19 $141.23 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $747.36 $99.77 – $934.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $826.19 $99.77 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $826.19 $99.90 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $747.36 $99.77 – $1,121.04

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