X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$2,129.76

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,129.76

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.

$149.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,129.76 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $149.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $149.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $149.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $149.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $149.08 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $153.70 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $153.70 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $153.70 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $153.70 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $153.70 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $153.70 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $153.70 ↓ -93%
United STAR $153.70 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $153.70 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $153.70 ↓ -93%
Healthspring Life MCD $161.38 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $161.38 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $166.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $166.00 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $169.07 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $169.07 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $169.07 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $169.07 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $192.13 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $249.64 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $249.64 ↓ -88%
Aetna NewBusiness $253.02 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $270.27 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMM $270.27 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $287.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $298.17 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $319.87 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $389.75 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -81%
Cigna LocalPlus $430.64 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $431.05 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $468.55 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $481.24 ↓ -77%
Cigna HMO $481.24 ↓ -77%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $481.24 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $521.79 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $549.48 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $608.67 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $719.86 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $743.46 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueEssentials $743.46 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $779.90 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $816.35 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $851.90 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $881.72 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $958.39 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $958.39 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $958.39 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,043.58 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,064.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,075.53 ↓ -49%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,128.77 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,171.37 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,171.37 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,171.37 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,171.37 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,220.35 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,220.35 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,235.26 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,426.94 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,490.83 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,490.83 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,512.13 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,597.32 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,597.32 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,703.81 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,703.81 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,810.30 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,831.59 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,129.76 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,129.76 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,129.76 ↑ +0%

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