X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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.

$61.48 with United vs $2,273.78 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 CHIP $61.48
Amerigroup MGMCD $61.48
Amerigroup CHIP $61.48
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $61.48
United STARPerinate $61.48
United STARPLUS $61.48
United STARKids $61.48
United STAR $61.48
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $61.48
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $61.48
Healthspring Life MCD $64.55
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $64.55
Aetna Better Health MCD $66.40
Aetna Better Health CHIP $66.40
Molina CHIP $67.63
Molina STAR+PLUS $67.63
Molina STARKIDS $67.63
Molina MCDSTAR $67.63
Humana MGMCD $76.85
Aetna NewBusiness $109.68
Aetna COMM $117.16
Aetna Meritain $117.16
Aetna OON $138.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $159.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $159.16
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $159.16
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $159.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $159.16
Cigna LocalPlus $190.36
Cigna NewBusiness $190.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $212.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $212.73
Cigna HMO $212.73
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna AllOther $269.06
Cigna IFP $306.96
Cigna QHP $318.33
United OptionsPPO $416.10
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Unicare CHIP $500.23
BCBS PPO $502.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $557.08
Evry Health COMM $586.64
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $768.54
Curative Administrators COMM $909.51
BCBS Traditional $941.34
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,023.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,023.20
City of McKinney COMM $1,023.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,114.15
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,136.89
Aetna ASA $1,148.26
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,205.10
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,250.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,250.58
Aetna WCOMP $1,250.58
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,250.58
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,302.88
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,302.88
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,318.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,523.43
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,591.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,591.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,614.38
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,705.34
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,705.34
USC Health Services COMM $1,819.02
USA Managed Care COMM $1,819.02
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,932.71
Optum Transplant COMM $1,955.45
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,273.78
Unicare MCD $2,273.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,273.78

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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,049.33 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $535.91 $61.48 – $669.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.98 $123.91 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $626.63 $61.48 – $783.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $535.91 $61.48 – $669.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.98 $65.78 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.98 $61.48 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $626.63 $61.48 – $939.95

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