X-ray heel/calcaneus > 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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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 Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $576.06 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 $28.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $28.74
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74
United STARPerinate $28.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.74
United STARPLUS $28.74
United STARKids $28.74
United STAR $28.74
United CHIP $28.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.18
Healthspring Life MCD $30.18
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61
Molina CHIP $31.61
Molina STARKIDS $31.61
Humana MGMCD $35.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.32
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $40.32
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $40.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.32
Aetna NewBusiness $48.47
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna OON $61.28
Cigna IFP $77.77
Cigna QHP $80.65
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $84.32
Cigna NewBusiness $84.40
Cigna NetworkBenefit $94.23
Cigna HMO $94.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.23
United OptionsPPO $105.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna AllOther $119.18
Unicare CHIP $126.73
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $141.13
Evry Health COMM $148.62
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $194.71
Curative Administrators COMM $230.42
BCBS Traditional $238.49
United GlobalBenefitPlan $259.23
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $259.23
City of McKinney COMM $259.23
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $282.27
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $288.03
Aetna ASA $290.91
Cigna Lifesource COMM $305.31
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $316.83
Aetna WCOMP $316.83
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $316.83
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $316.83
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $330.08
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $330.08
Averde Health, Inc PPO $334.11
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $385.96
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $403.24
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $403.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $409.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $432.04
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $432.04
USA Managed Care COMM $460.85
USC Health Services COMM $460.85
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $489.65
Optum Transplant COMM $495.41
Independent Medical Systems COMM $576.06
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $576.06
Unicare MCD $576.06

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X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.06 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.11 $55.60 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.12 $28.74 – $358.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.11 $30.75 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $270.11 $28.74 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $287.12 $28.74 – $430.68

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