X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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.

$40.76 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,631.25 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $40.76
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $40.76
United STARPerinate $40.76
United STARPLUS $40.76
United STARKids $40.76
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.76
United STAR $40.76
Amerigroup CHIP $40.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $40.76
United CHIP $40.76
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $42.80
Healthspring Life MCD $42.80
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.02
Molina STARKIDS $44.84
Molina MCDSTAR $44.84
Molina CHIP $44.84
Molina STAR+PLUS $44.84
Humana MGMCD $50.95
Aetna NewBusiness $69.38
Aetna Meritain $74.11
Aetna COMM $74.11
Aetna OON $87.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $114.19
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $114.19
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $114.19
Superior Health Plan STARKids $114.19
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $114.19
Cigna LocalPlus $120.55
Cigna NewBusiness $120.67
Cigna HMO $134.72
Cigna NetworkBenefit $134.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $134.72
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna AllOther $170.40
Cigna IFP $220.22
Cigna QHP $228.38
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United OptionsPPO $298.52
Unicare CHIP $358.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $399.66
Evry Health COMM $420.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $551.36
Curative Administrators COMM $652.50
BCBS Traditional $675.34
City of McKinney COMM $734.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $734.06
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $734.06
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $799.31
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $815.63
Aetna ASA $823.78
Cigna Lifesource COMM $864.56
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $897.19
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $897.19
Aetna WCOMP $897.19
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $897.19
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $934.71
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $934.71
Averde Health, Inc PPO $946.13
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,092.94
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,141.88
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,141.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,158.19
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,223.44
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,223.44
USC Health Services COMM $1,305.00
USA Managed Care COMM $1,305.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,386.56
Optum Transplant COMM $1,402.88
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,631.25
Unicare MCD $1,631.25
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,631.25

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $814.45 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $341.30 $40.76 – $426.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $468.26 $96.38 – $702.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $423.69 $40.76 – $529.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $341.30 $40.76 – $426.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $468.26 $43.61 – $702.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $468.26 $40.76 – $702.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $423.69 $40.76 – $635.53

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