X-ray forearm 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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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 $722.84 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
Aetna NewBusiness $49.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.60
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.60
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.60
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.60
Aetna Meritain $52.60
Aetna COMM $52.60
Aetna OON $62.26
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $86.99
Cigna NewBusiness $87.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $97.21
Cigna NetworkBenefit $97.21
Cigna HMO $97.21
Cigna IFP $97.58
Cigna QHP $101.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna AllOther $122.95
United OptionsPPO $132.28
Unicare CHIP $159.02
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $177.10
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Evry Health COMM $186.49
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $244.32
Curative Administrators COMM $289.14
BCBS Traditional $299.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $325.28
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $325.28
City of McKinney COMM $325.28
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $354.19
BCBS PPO $357.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $361.42
Aetna ASA $365.03
Cigna Lifesource COMM $383.11
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $397.56
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $397.56
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $397.56
Aetna WCOMP $397.56
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $414.19
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $414.19
Averde Health, Inc PPO $419.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $484.30
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $505.99
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $505.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $513.22
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $542.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $542.13
USA Managed Care COMM $578.27
USC Health Services COMM $578.27
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $614.41
Optum Transplant COMM $621.64
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $722.84
Independent Medical Systems COMM $722.84
Unicare MCD $722.84

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $522.39 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.62 $29.40 – $397.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $375.50 $77.29 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $372.73 $29.40 – $465.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $317.62 $29.40 – $397.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $375.50 $31.46 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $375.50 $29.40 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $372.73 $29.40 – $559.10

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