X-ray nose to rectum for foreign body child 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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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.

$48.47 with Aetna vs $357.55 with BCBS — 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

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

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
Aetna NewBusiness $48.47
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna OON $61.28
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $85.65
Cigna NewBusiness $85.73
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $86.58
United STARPerinate $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
United CHIP $86.58
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $86.58
United STAR $86.58
United STARKids $86.58
United STARPLUS $86.58
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $86.58
Healthspring Life MCD $90.91
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51
Molina STARKIDS $95.24
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24
Molina CHIP $95.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.72
Cigna NetworkBenefit $95.72
Cigna HMO $95.72
Humana MGMCD $108.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna AllOther $121.06
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55

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X-ray nose to rectum for foreign body child at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $415.03 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $113.43 $68.06 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $212.88 $43.82 – $319.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $217.15 $83.05 – $271.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $113.43 $83.05 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $212.88 $83.05 – $319.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $212.88 $86.58 – $319.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $217.15 $83.05 – $325.72

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