X-ray cervical spine >= 6 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.

$62.81 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $2,229.47 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 $62.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $62.81
Amerigroup CHIP $62.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.81
United STARPerinate $62.81
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.81
United STARPLUS $62.81
United STARKids $62.81
United STAR $62.81
United CHIP $62.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.95
Healthspring Life MCD $65.95
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.83
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.83
Molina MCDSTAR $69.09
Molina CHIP $69.09
Molina STAR+PLUS $69.09
Molina STARKIDS $69.09
Humana MGMCD $78.51
Aetna NewBusiness $110.46
Aetna COMM $117.99
Aetna Meritain $117.99
Aetna OON $139.64
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $156.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $156.06
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $156.06
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $156.06
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $156.06
Cigna LocalPlus $193.03
Cigna NewBusiness $193.21
Cigna HMO $215.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $215.71
Cigna NetworkBenefit $215.71
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna AllOther $272.83
Cigna IFP $300.98
Cigna QHP $312.13
United OptionsPPO $407.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Unicare CHIP $490.48
BCBS PPO $502.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $546.22
Evry Health COMM $575.20
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $753.56
Curative Administrators COMM $891.79
BCBS Traditional $923.00
City of McKinney COMM $1,003.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,003.26
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,003.26
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,092.44
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,114.73
Aetna ASA $1,125.88
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,181.62
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,226.21
Aetna WCOMP $1,226.21
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,226.21
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,226.21
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,277.49
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,277.49
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,293.09
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,493.74
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,560.63
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,560.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,582.92
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,672.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,672.10
USC Health Services COMM $1,783.58
USA Managed Care COMM $1,783.58
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,895.05
Optum Transplant COMM $1,917.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,229.47
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,229.47
Unicare MCD $2,229.47

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $538.91 $62.81 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $643.60 $62.81 – $965.40

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