X-ray elbow 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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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.

$29.40 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $648.07 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 $29.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $29.40
United STARPerinate $29.40
Amerigroup CHIP $29.40
United STARPLUS $29.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $29.40
United STARKids $29.40
United STAR $29.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.40
United CHIP $29.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.87
Healthspring Life MCD $30.87
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.75
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.75
Molina MCDSTAR $32.34
Molina CHIP $32.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $32.34
Molina STARKIDS $32.34
Humana MGMCD $36.75
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.36
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $45.36
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $45.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.36
Aetna NewBusiness $48.47
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna OON $61.28
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $85.65
Cigna NewBusiness $85.73
Cigna IFP $87.49
Cigna QHP $90.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $95.72
Cigna HMO $95.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.72
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
United OptionsPPO $118.60
Cigna AllOther $121.06
Unicare CHIP $142.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $158.78
Evry Health COMM $167.20
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $219.05
Curative Administrators COMM $259.23
BCBS Traditional $268.30
City of McKinney COMM $291.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $291.63
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $291.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $317.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $324.04
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
Aetna ASA $327.28
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
Cigna Lifesource COMM $343.48
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $356.44
Aetna WCOMP $356.44
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $356.44
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $356.44
BCBS PPO $357.55
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $371.34
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $371.34
Averde Health, Inc PPO $375.88
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $434.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $453.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $453.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $460.13
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $486.05
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $486.05
USC Health Services COMM $518.46
USA Managed Care COMM $518.46
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $550.86
Optum Transplant COMM $557.34
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $648.07
Independent Medical Systems COMM $648.07
Unicare MCD $648.07

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $575.95 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $303.76 $62.52 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.14 $29.40 – $436.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $291.94 $29.40 – $364.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $303.76 $31.46 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $303.76 $29.40 – $455.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $349.14 $29.40 – $523.71

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