X-ray abdomen 2 views 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.

$36.75 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,186.74 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $36.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.75
United STARPerinate $36.75
United STARPLUS $36.75
United STARKids $36.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.75
United STAR $36.75
Amerigroup CHIP $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
United CHIP $36.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59
Healthspring Life MCD $38.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69
Molina STARKIDS $40.43
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43
Molina CHIP $40.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43
Humana MGMCD $45.94
Aetna NewBusiness $59.31
Aetna Meritain $63.36
Aetna COMM $63.36
Aetna OON $74.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $83.07
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $83.07
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $83.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $83.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $83.07
Cigna LocalPlus $104.46
Cigna NewBusiness $104.56
Cigna HMO $116.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $116.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $116.73
Cigna AllOther $147.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna IFP $160.21
Cigna QHP $166.14
United OptionsPPO $217.17
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Unicare CHIP $261.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $290.75
Evry Health COMM $306.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $401.12
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Curative Administrators COMM $474.70
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS Traditional $491.31
BCBS PPO $502.12
City of McKinney COMM $534.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $534.03
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $534.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $581.50
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $593.37
Aetna ASA $599.30
Cigna Lifesource COMM $628.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $652.71
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $652.71
Aetna WCOMP $652.71
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $652.71
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $680.00
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $680.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $688.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $795.12
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $830.72
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $830.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $842.59
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $890.05
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $890.05
USC Health Services COMM $949.39
USA Managed Care COMM $949.39
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,008.73
Optum Transplant COMM $1,020.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,186.74
Unicare MCD $1,186.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,186.74

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $850.70 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $328.57 $67.63 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $316.47 $36.75 – $395.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $328.57 $39.32 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $328.57 $36.75 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $316.47 $36.75 – $474.70

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