X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) 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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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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Gross charge

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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.

$32.41 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $677.16 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 CHIP $32.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $32.41
Amerigroup CHIP $32.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.41
United STARPerinate $32.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.41
United STARPLUS $32.41
United STARKids $32.41
United STAR $32.41
United CHIP $32.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.03
Healthspring Life MCD $34.03
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.00
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.00
Molina MCDSTAR $35.65
Molina STAR+PLUS $35.65
Molina CHIP $35.65
Molina STARKIDS $35.65
Humana MGMCD $40.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.40
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $47.40
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $47.40
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.40
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.40
Aetna NewBusiness $56.21
Aetna COMM $60.05
Aetna Meritain $60.05
Aetna OON $71.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna IFP $91.42
Cigna QHP $94.80
Cigna LocalPlus $99.08
Cigna NewBusiness $99.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $110.72
Cigna NetworkBenefit $110.72
Cigna HMO $110.72
United OptionsPPO $123.92
Cigna AllOther $140.04
Unicare CHIP $148.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $165.90
Evry Health COMM $174.71
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $228.88
Curative Administrators COMM $270.86
BCBS Traditional $280.34
City of McKinney COMM $304.72
United GlobalBenefitPlan $304.72
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $304.72
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $331.81
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $338.58
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
Aetna ASA $341.97
BCBS PPO $357.55
Cigna Lifesource COMM $358.89
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $372.44
Aetna WCOMP $372.44
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $372.44
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $372.44
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $388.01
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $388.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $392.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $453.70
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $474.01
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $474.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $480.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $507.87
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $507.87
USC Health Services COMM $541.73
USA Managed Care COMM $541.73
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $575.59
Optum Transplant COMM $582.36
Independent Medical Systems COMM $677.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $677.16
Unicare MCD $677.16

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X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $479.22 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $217.55 $32.41 – $271.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $287.83 $59.24 – $431.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $302.50 $32.41 – $378.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $217.55 $32.41 – $271.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $287.83 $34.68 – $431.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $287.83 $32.41 – $431.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $302.50 $32.41 – $453.75

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