X-ray foot 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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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.

$28.74 with United vs $649.46 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
United STARPerinate $28.74
United STAR $28.74
United STARPLUS $28.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $28.74
United STARKids $28.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $28.74
United CHIP $28.74
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74
Healthspring Life MCD $30.18
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.18
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04
Molina STARKIDS $31.61
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61
Molina CHIP $31.61
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61
Humana MGMCD $35.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $45.46
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $45.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.46
Aetna NewBusiness $47.70
Aetna Meritain $50.95
Aetna COMM $50.95
Aetna OON $60.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $84.32
Cigna NewBusiness $84.40
Cigna IFP $87.68
Cigna QHP $90.92
Cigna NetworkBenefit $94.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.23
Cigna HMO $94.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
United OptionsPPO $118.85
Cigna AllOther $119.18
Unicare CHIP $142.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $159.12
Evry Health COMM $167.56
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $219.52
Curative Administrators COMM $259.78
BCBS Traditional $268.88
City of McKinney COMM $292.26
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $292.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $292.26
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $318.24
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $324.73
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
Aetna ASA $327.98
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
Cigna Lifesource COMM $344.21
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $357.20
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $357.20
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $357.20
Aetna WCOMP $357.20
BCBS PPO $357.55
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $372.14
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $372.14
Averde Health, Inc PPO $376.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $435.14
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $454.62
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $454.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $461.12
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $487.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $487.10
USC Health Services COMM $519.57
USA Managed Care COMM $519.57
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $552.04
Optum Transplant COMM $558.54
Independent Medical Systems COMM $649.46
Unicare MCD $649.46
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $649.46

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $287.92 $28.74 – $359.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $338.66 $69.71 – $508.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $338.66 $28.74 – $423.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $287.92 $28.74 – $359.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $338.66 $30.75 – $508.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $338.66 $28.74 – $508.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $338.66 $28.74 – $508.00

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